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Question: How often do you read these materials because you want to? - Fiction (novels, narratives, stories)
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 China38.9%
2 Viet Nam31.4%
3 Kazakhstan30.4%
4 Indonesia29.5%
5 Philippines29.3%
6 Brunei Darussalam26.4%
6 Saudi Arabia26.4%
8 Dominican Republic26.0%
8 Thailand26.0%
10 Macao, China24.8%
11 Albania24.4%
12 Hong Kong, China23.5%
13 Malaysia23.3%
14 Russian Federation22.7%
15 Japan 22.4%
16 Turkiye22.3%
17 Belarus21.9%
17 Peru21.9%
19 Georgia21.7%
20 Azerbaijan21.4%
21 Taiwan21.2%
22 Ukraine20.9%
23 United Arab Emirates20.7%
24 Singapore20.1%
25 Kosovo19.9%
26 Panama19.7%
27 Moldova19.6%
28 Republic of Korea18.2%
29 Qatar17.5%
30 Colombia16.9%
31 Morocco16.8%
32 Mexico16.4%
33 Israel16.2%
33 Jordan16.2%
35 Uruguay16.1%
36 Malta15.4%
36 Montenegro15.4%
38 Brazil15.0%
39 Romania14.9%
40 Argentina14.4%
41 Costa Rica14.3%
42 Canada14.0%
43 Australia13.8%
44 Chile13.7%
45 New Zealand13.3%
46 Bulgaria13.1%
47 Spain12.8%
48 Ireland12.4%
48 United States12.4%
50 Germany12.1%
50 United Kingdom12.1%
52 Lithuania11.7%
53 Iceland11.6%
54 Luxembourg11.1%
55 Italy11.0%
56 Slovakia10.8%
57 Latvia10.6%
58 France10.5%
59 Sweden10.1%
60 Austria10.0%
61 Switzerland9.7%
62 Denmark9.6%
63 Portugal9.4%
64 Poland9.3%
65 Estonia8.9%
65 Greece8.9%
67 Hungary8.8%
68 Czech Republic8.7%
69 Cyprus7.6%
70 Bosnia and Herzegovina7.2%
71 Netherlands6.9%
72 Serbia6.8%
73 Norway6.7%
74 Belgium6.6%
75 Finland6.4%
76 Slovenia6.1%
77 Croatia4.8%

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 = -4.442476 X +7.004
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.453
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.205

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data77
Regression equation
Y = -142472.610636 X +54634.271
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.371
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.138

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data76
Regression equation
Y = -24.684551 X +81.395
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.372
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.138

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data76
Regression equation
Y = 1.562241 X +1.417
Correlation coefficient (r)0.254
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.065

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data73
Regression equation
Y = -12.708360 X +10.979
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.192
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.037