Figure 12-1. Percentage of 15-year-old students who reported reading for enjoyment, by sex and country: 2000 and 2009

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Comparative Indicators of Education in the United States and Other G-8 Countries: 2011

¹ Data for the United Kingdom in 2000 are not reported due to low response rates.
NOTE: All pairs of male-female percentages shown except for Japan in 2000 differ significantly at the .05 level.
SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). (2010). PISA 2009 Results: Learning Trends—Changes in Student Performance Since 2000 (Volume V), table V.5.1. Paris: Author.

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