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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 "More than 2 but less 4 hours" "4 or more hours"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Canada9.2%
1 Japan 9.2%
3 United States8.3%
4 Republic of Korea6.8%
5 Australia6.6%
6 United Kingdom6.4%
7 Italy5.8%
8 Sweden5.7%

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 = -8.580357 X +7.364
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.232
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.054
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 64573.832418 X +45529.022
Correlation coefficient (r)0.071
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -13.598901 X +82.961
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.089
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.254121 X +1.426
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.013
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000
Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 65.521978 X +9.450
Correlation coefficient (r)0.140
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020