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Question: Before your child began primary/elementary school, how often did you or someone else in your home do the following activities with him or her? - Play with building blocks or construction toys
Choices: "Often" "Sometimes" "Never or almost never"
Data: % of "Often"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy77.6%
3 Canada71.8%
4 Germany 70.6%
5 France65.4%
6 Japan60.9%

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 = 1.906170 X +5.202
Correlation coefficient (r)0.366
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.134

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 40668.003346 X +16714.941
Correlation coefficient (r)0.298
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.089

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -8.306682 X +87.973
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.407
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.166

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -1.086646 X +2.169
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.306
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.094

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -40.664854 X +37.130
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.876
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.767