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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 "More than 2 but less 4 hours" "4 or more hours"
Period:
Area:
19 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Austria44.5%
2 Slovakia39.1%
3 Germany38.6%
4 United States38.4%
5 United Kingdom38.2%England only
6 Hungary35.3%
7 Australia34.2%
8 Czech Republic32.9%
9 Slovenia31.7%
10 Netherlands31.4%
11 Norway31.1%
12 New Zealand30.3%
13 Colombia30.2%
14 Denmark27.5%
15 Japan 26.7%
16 Latvia26.4%
17 Sweden24.6%
18 Italy23.0%
19 Lithuania16.2%

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 = 1.482828 X +6.333
Correlation coefficient (r)0.185
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.034

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 57516.955727 X +25425.932
Correlation coefficient (r)0.179
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.032

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 1.413870 X +79.559
Correlation coefficient (r)0.032
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 0.338121 X +1.448
Correlation coefficient (r)0.183
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.033

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -21.326216 X +20.222
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.284
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.081