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Question: How often do you read these materials because you want to? - Comic books
Choices: "Never or almost never" "A few times a year" "About once a month" "Several times a month" "Several times a week"
Data: % of "Several times a week"
Period:
Area:
77 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 31.7%
2 Republic of Korea25.0%
3 Thailand24.9%
4 Viet Nam22.5%
5 Indonesia21.7%
6 China19.7%
7 Malaysia18.6%
8 Macao, China18.2%
9 Albania17.5%
9 Hong Kong, China17.5%
11 Philippines17.3%
12 Taiwan16.6%
13 Kazakhstan14.4%
14 Azerbaijan14.1%
15 Brunei Darussalam12.8%
16 Jordan12.5%
17 Peru12.4%
18 Saudi Arabia11.3%
19 Mexico10.3%
20 Dominican Republic10.2%
21 Brazil10.1%
21 Russian Federation10.1%
23 Panama9.9%
23 Qatar9.9%
23 United Arab Emirates9.9%
26 Belarus9.8%
27 Georgia9.0%
28 Colombia8.7%
29 Chile8.5%
30 Kosovo8.3%
31 France8.0%
32 Singapore7.7%
33 Montenegro7.5%
34 Costa Rica7.0%
35 Ukraine6.8%
36 Israel6.5%
36 Turkiye6.5%
38 Finland6.1%
39 Argentina6.0%
40 Bulgaria5.8%
40 Luxembourg5.8%
42 Morocco5.6%
42 Romania5.6%
44 Uruguay5.5%
45 Serbia5.1%
45 Switzerland5.1%
47 Belgium4.9%
47 Malta4.9%
47 United States4.9%
50 Bosnia and Herzegovina4.7%
50 Cyprus4.7%
50 Moldova4.7%
53 Spain4.6%
54 Lithuania4.5%
55 Canada4.4%
55 Croatia4.4%
55 Greece4.4%
55 Slovakia4.4%
59 Italy4.3%
60 Hungary4.2%
61 Czech Republic4.1%
62 New Zealand4.0%
63 Australia3.7%
63 Latvia3.7%
65 Estonia3.6%
65 Poland3.6%
65 Portugal3.6%
68 Austria3.5%
69 Iceland3.4%
69 Netherlands3.4%
71 Germany3.3%
72 United Kingdom2.9%
73 Norway2.8%
74 Slovenia2.5%
75 Ireland2.4%
76 Sweden2.3%
77 Denmark1.9%

Note
The data of Azerbaijan are collected only in Baku. The data of China are collected only in Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang.

No data for 161 countries.

Source
OECD PISA 2018 Compendia

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data73
Regression equation
Y = -4.442107 X +6.677
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.400
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.160

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data77
Regression equation
Y = -142247.183844 X +43934.975
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.324
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.105

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data76
Regression equation
Y = -11.361885 X +78.403
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.149
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data76
Regression equation
Y = 0.219678 X +1.648
Correlation coefficient (r)0.031
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data73
Regression equation
Y = -8.870751 X +9.708
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.115
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013