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Question: How often do you read books in your free time?
Choices: "Daily" "Several times a week" "Several times a month" "Several times a year or less often" "Never"
Data: % of "Daily"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 New Zealand32.4%
2 United Kingdom29.0%
3 Australia26.9%
4 Switzerland26.6%
5 France26.2%
6 United States25.6%
7 Israel18.1%
8 Norway17.8%
9 Finland17.4%
10 Germany16.3%
11 Sweden15.9%
12 Ireland15.6%
13 Republic of Korea14.9%
14 Czech Republic14.3%
15 Poland13.5%
16 Austria13.3%
17 Hungary13.2%
18 Japan 12.5%
19 Mexico12.1%
20 Latvia11.6%
21 Slovakia11.1%
22 Belgium9.6%
23 Slovenia9.1%
24 Chile6.7%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 14 countries.
Source
ISSP 2007

 Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 3.986372 X +6.114
Correlation coefficient (r)0.509
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.259
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 175283.608598 X +16362.044
Correlation coefficient (r)0.495
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.245
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 13.960768 X +78.071
Correlation coefficient (r)0.339
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.115
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 0.367663 X +1.541
Correlation coefficient (r)0.073
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005
Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -13.979124 X +16.053
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.194
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.038