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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 sports.
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:
19 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Lithuania59.2%
2 Colombia45.1%
3 Japan 43.2%
4 Latvia42.1%
5 New Zealand39.3%
6 Italy36.1%
7 Slovenia33.8%
8 United States33.6%
9 Australia33.2%
10 Czech Republic33.1%
11 United Kingdom31.7%England only
12 Slovakia30.9%
13 Sweden30.5%
14 Hungary29.3%
15 Denmark28.6%
16 Norway27.2%
17 Austria21.5%
18 Germany19.8%
18 Netherlands19.8%

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

No data for 19 countries.

Source
TIMSS 2007

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -3.323752 X +7.917
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.586
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.343

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -117073.716234 X +82910.385
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.514
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.264

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -11.913376 X +84.006
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.382
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.146

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -0.048853 X +1.571
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.037
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 18.821238 X +7.164
Correlation coefficient (r)0.354
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.125