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Question: How often do you read these materials because you want to? - Non-fiction books (informational, documentary)
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 Kazakhstan25.4%
2 Azerbaijan24.8%
3 Moldova23.7%
4 Belarus20.3%
5 Russian Federation19.2%
6 Albania19.0%
7 Viet Nam18.6%
8 Indonesia17.7%
9 Kosovo16.6%
10 Dominican Republic16.3%
11 Philippines15.1%
12 Thailand14.9%
13 Saudi Arabia14.6%
14 Georgia14.5%
14 Lithuania14.5%
16 Turkiye14.4%
17 China14.2%
18 Peru13.6%
19 Malaysia13.3%
20 Ukraine13.2%
21 Montenegro12.5%
22 Romania12.2%
23 Jordan12.1%
24 Panama11.7%
25 United Arab Emirates11.6%
26 Colombia11.4%
27 Bosnia and Herzegovina11.1%
28 Mexico10.9%
29 Croatia10.6%
30 Brunei Darussalam10.4%
31 Bulgaria10.3%
31 Taiwan10.3%
33 Qatar10.2%
34 Serbia10.0%
35 Morocco9.9%
36 Macao, China9.7%
37 Estonia9.2%
38 Singapore8.9%
39 Uruguay8.7%
40 Israel8.5%
41 Argentina8.2%
42 Hong Kong, China8.1%
42 Sweden8.1%
44 Brazil8.0%
45 Chile7.9%
46 Republic of Korea7.7%
47 Costa Rica7.6%
48 Latvia7.5%
49 Malta7.4%
50 Slovakia6.6%
51 Greece6.3%
51 Poland6.3%
53 Austria6.1%
54 Spain5.9%
54 United Kingdom5.9%
56 Cyprus5.8%
57 Australia5.7%
57 Denmark5.7%
57 United States5.7%
60 Germany5.4%
61 Canada5.1%
61 France5.1%
61 New Zealand5.1%
64 Hungary4.9%
64 Ireland4.9%
64 Italy4.9%
67 Czech Republic4.7%
68 Japan 4.6%
68 Luxembourg4.6%
70 Finland4.5%
70 Switzerland4.5%
72 Belgium4.3%
73 Portugal4.1%
74 Netherlands3.7%
75 Norway3.6%
76 Iceland3.4%
77 Slovenia3.3%

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 = -7.431311 X +7.033
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.556
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.309

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data77
Regression equation
Y = -305278.656516 X +62034.007
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.583
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.340

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data76
Regression equation
Y = -65.032533 X +83.897
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.719
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.517

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data76
Regression equation
Y = 2.871572 X +1.382
Correlation coefficient (r)0.342
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.117

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data73
Regression equation
Y = -2.487767 X +9.222
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.028
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001