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Question: On a normal school day, how much time do you spend before or after school doing each of these things? - I read a book for enjoyment.
Choices: "No time" "Less than 1 hour" "1-2 hours" "More than 2 but less 4 hours" "4 or more hours"
Data: % of "No time" "Less than 1 hour"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United Kingdom82.4%
2 Sweden81.4%
3 Australia80.6%
4 Italy79.6%
5 United States78.5%
6 Republic of Korea75.6%
7 Canada74.8%
8 Japan 69.5%

Note
Don't know/ No answer are excluded. United Kingdom: England only.

No data for 2 countries.
Source
TIMSS 2007

 Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 8.443077 X +0.173
Correlation coefficient (r)0.679
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.461
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 127792.633546 X -49212.044
Correlation coefficient (r)0.414
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.171
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -20.845663 X +98.193
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.406
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.165
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 2.948139 X -0.886
Correlation coefficient (r)0.461
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.213
Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -60.520168 X +61.285
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.385
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.148