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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:
37 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Denmark75.0%
2 Yemen74.8%
3 Italy74.7%
4 Sweden72.4%
5 Latvia71.9%
6 Norway70.5%
7 Netherlands70.3%
8 United Kingdom69.8%England only
9 Japan68.3%
9 Kuwait68.3%
11 Australia67.3%
12 El Salvador65.8%
13 United States65.1%
14 Slovakia63.7%
15 Hungary63.6%
16 Colombia63.3%
17 New Zealand63.1%
18 Qatar62.7%
19 Czech Republic61.9%
20 Slovenia61.0%
21 Lithuania60.8%
22 Taiwan60.5%
23 Morocco 59.3%
24 Algeria59.1%
25 Austria58.9%
26 United Arab Emirates57.3%
27 Tunisia55.9%
28 Hong Kong, China55.7%
29 Iran55.6%
30 Germany55.2%
31 Russian Federation55.0%
32 Georgia53.6%
32 Mongolia53.6%
34 Singapore53.2%
35 Ukraine52.5%
36 Armenia50.2%
37 Kazakhstan48.7%

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 = 4.917852 X +3.144
Correlation coefficient (r)0.407
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.166

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = 127977.137346 X -47102.959
Correlation coefficient (r)0.374
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.140

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = 16.971513 X +67.335
Correlation coefficient (r)0.278
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.077

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -0.581659 X +2.152
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.075
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = -9.717770 X +17.697
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.114
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013