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Question: How well could your child do the following when he/she began primary/ elementary school? - Write letters of the alphabet
Choices: "Very well" "Moderately well" "Not very well" "Not at all"
Data: % of "Very well"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
2 France47.0%
3 Canada46.9%
4 Japan40.3%
6 Italy36.3%
7 Germany 21.1%

Note
The result of the survey on the parents of Grade 4 students. Belgium: The Flemish Community only. United Kingdom: England only.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
TIMSS 2019 > International Database > TIMSS 2019 Data Almanacs - Grade 4

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 0.020124 X +6.515
Correlation coefficient (r)0.006
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -13167.065060 X +49927.219
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.161
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.026

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 4.467152 X +80.508
Correlation coefficient (r)0.365
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.133

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 0.396350 X +1.264
Correlation coefficient (r)0.187
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.035

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 10.046220 X +5.116
Correlation coefficient (r)0.361
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.130