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Question: How often do you read books in your free time?
Choices: "Daily" "Several times a week" "Several times a month" "Several times a year or less often" "Never"
Data: % of "Daily"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United Kingdom29.0%
2 Australia26.9%
3 France26.2%
4 United States25.6%
5 Germany16.3%
6 Sweden15.9%
7 Republic of Korea14.9%
8 Japan 12.5%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2007

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 3.662387 X +6.004
Correlation coefficient (r)0.462
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.213

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 81586.699069 X +34160.807
Correlation coefficient (r)0.446
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.199

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -16.389102 X +85.290
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.485
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.235

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 2.541553 X +0.966
Correlation coefficient (r)0.560
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.314

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -47.261368 X +25.034
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.520
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.270