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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:
17 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Israel13.0%
2 Turkiye11.4%
3 Canada9.2%
3 Japan 9.2%
5 Czech Republic9.1%
6 United States8.3%
7 Hungary7.8%
8 Colombia7.7%
9 Republic of Korea6.8%
9 Slovenia6.8%
11 Australia6.6%
11 Lithuania6.6%
13 United Kingdom6.4%
14 Spain5.9%
15 Italy5.8%
16 Sweden5.7%
17 Norway5.2%

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 = -7.996360 X +7.192
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.242
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.059
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -249120.342306 X +59623.721
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.239
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.057
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -17.913386 X +81.892
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.127
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 14.601193 X +0.461
Correlation coefficient (r)0.723
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.523
Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -116.920897 X +21.950
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.340
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.116