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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:
17 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Norway83.9%
2 United Kingdom82.4%
3 Sweden81.4%
4 Australia80.6%
5 Italy79.6%
6 United States78.5%
7 Colombia78.3%
8 Lithuania77.7%
9 Slovenia77.1%
10 Spain76.0%
11 Czech Republic75.7%
11 Hungary75.7%
13 Republic of Korea75.6%
14 Canada74.8%
15 Japan 69.5%
16 Israel67.8%
17 Turkiye58.1%

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

No data for 21 countries.
Source
TIMSS 2007

 Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 7.141690 X +1.143
Correlation coefficient (r)0.633
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.401
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 169903.399444 X -88843.014
Correlation coefficient (r)0.477
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.228
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 4.892306 X +76.786
Correlation coefficient (r)0.101
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -2.980253 X +3.856
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.433
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.187
Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 31.111430 X -10.752
Correlation coefficient (r)0.265
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.070