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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 play computer games.
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:
37 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Singapore26.2%
2 Czech Republic26.1%
3 Hungary24.1%
4 Qatar22.6%
5 United Kingdom22.3%England only
6 Slovakia22.2%
7 Denmark20.9%
8 Hong Kong, China20.2%
8 Sweden20.2%
10 Lithuania18.9%
11 Kuwait18.5%
12 United Arab Emirates17.9%
13 Latvia17.4%
14 United States17.3%
15 Taiwan16.6%
16 Netherlands16.2%
17 Slovenia15.4%
18 Australia15.3%
19 New Zealand15.2%
20 Norway15.0%
21 Russian Federation14.7%
22 Tunisia14.3%
23 Armenia12.5%
24 Georgia11.8%
25 Austria11.3%
26 Colombia11.0%
26 Ukraine11.0%
28 Japan10.9%
29 Morocco 10.7%
30 Italy9.5%
31 El Salvador9.3%
32 Algeria8.8%
33 Mongolia8.7%
34 Yemen8.5%
35 Iran8.3%
36 Germany7.5%
37 Kazakhstan4.9%

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

No data for 201 countries.

Source
TIMSS 2007

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = 6.850336 X +5.171
Correlation coefficient (r)0.420
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.176

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = 215034.931652 X -271.713
Correlation coefficient (r)0.478
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.228

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = 30.718440 X +73.231
Correlation coefficient (r)0.383
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.147

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -5.210716 X +2.581
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.513
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.263

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = 12.837706 X +9.710
Correlation coefficient (r)0.114
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013