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Question: How well could your child do the following when he/she began primary/ elementary school? - Write words other than his/her name
Choices: "Very well" "Moderately well" "Not very well" "Not at all"
Data: % of "Very well"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
2 Japan40.9%
4 France32.0%
5 Canada31.0%
6 Italy21.0%
7 Germany 19.4%

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 = -1.541085 X +6.967
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.409
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.167

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -43125.766081 X +57327.696
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.436
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.190

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 9.152418 X +79.579
Correlation coefficient (r)0.619
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.383

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 0.025493 X +1.409
Correlation coefficient (r)0.010
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 28.174473 X +0.835
Correlation coefficient (r)0.839
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.704