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Question: How often do you read these materials because you want to? - Newspapers
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 Malaysia33.5%
2 Peru27.8%
3 Israel27.2%
4 Panama23.7%
5 Viet Nam22.2%
6 Dominican Republic21.3%
7 Kazakhstan19.8%
8 Austria18.9%
9 Hong Kong, China18.4%
10 Indonesia18.1%
11 United Arab Emirates18.0%
12 Switzerland17.2%
13 Colombia16.0%
14 Saudi Arabia15.4%
15 Finland15.3%
16 Brunei Darussalam15.2%
17 Singapore15.1%
18 Philippines14.6%
19 Turkiye14.4%
20 Albania14.2%
21 Jordan13.9%
22 Hungary13.8%
23 Qatar13.6%
24 Norway13.5%
25 Kosovo13.1%
26 Luxembourg12.8%
26 Serbia12.8%
28 Macao, China12.7%
29 China12.1%
30 Slovakia12.0%
31 Estonia11.9%
32 Germany11.4%
33 Taiwan11.0%
34 Belarus10.9%
35 Portugal10.8%
36 Croatia10.7%
37 Montenegro10.6%
38 Japan 10.4%
38 Morocco10.4%
40 Mexico10.3%
40 Republic of Korea10.3%
42 Ukraine10.2%
43 Belgium9.9%
44 Iceland9.6%
44 Russian Federation9.6%
46 Poland9.5%
47 Costa Rica9.3%
48 Ireland9.0%
49 Bosnia and Herzegovina8.9%
50 Czech Republic8.8%
50 Sweden8.8%
52 Brazil8.4%
52 Latvia8.4%
54 Lithuania8.3%
55 France8.2%
55 Italy8.2%
57 Argentina7.9%
57 Spain7.9%
57 Thailand7.9%
60 Azerbaijan7.8%
61 New Zealand7.4%
61 Slovenia7.4%
63 Netherlands7.2%
64 Malta7.1%
65 Bulgaria6.8%
66 Moldova6.3%
67 United Kingdom6.1%
68 Denmark5.9%
69 Chile5.6%
69 Romania5.6%
71 Australia5.4%
72 Georgia5.3%
73 Canada5.0%
74 Greece4.9%
75 Cyprus4.8%
76 Uruguay4.7%
77 United States4.6%

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 = -1.124216 X +6.436
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.094
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data77
Regression equation
Y = -28259.793977 X +35002.914
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.059
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data76
Regression equation
Y = -10.026706 X +78.612
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.120
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data76
Regression equation
Y = 3.069894 X +1.307
Correlation coefficient (r)0.398
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.158

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data73
Regression equation
Y = -22.892251 X +11.632
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.278
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.077