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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 "More than 2 but less 4 hours" "4 or more hours"
Period:
Area:
19 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 New Zealand17.9%
2 Austria17.0%
3 Germany16.6%
4 Colombia15.9%
5 Czech Republic15.1%
6 United States14.4%
7 Australia14.2%
8 Lithuania13.7%
9 Slovakia13.5%
10 Slovenia13.3%
11 Hungary12.5%
12 United Kingdom11.9%England only
13 Norway10.9%
14 Japan 9.6%
15 Netherlands9.4%
16 Sweden8.7%
17 Latvia8.3%
18 Italy8.0%
19 Denmark7.1%

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 = -0.884720 X +6.912
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.054
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -109857.739275 X +57359.390
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.168
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.028
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -16.990520 X +82.134
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.190
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.036
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 1.094264 X +1.418
Correlation coefficient (r)0.291
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.085
Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -4.025762 X +13.988
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.026
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001