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Question: How well could your child do the following when he/she began primary/ elementary school? - Recognize most of the letters of the alphabet
Choices: "Very well" "Moderately well" "Not very well" "Not at all"
Data: % of "Very well"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Ireland78.0%
2 Latvia67.6%
3 Canada65.8%
4 Spain62.7%
5 Poland61.5%
6 France60.3%
7 Finland58.4%
8 Republic of Korea58.0%
9 Japan 56.9%
10 Sweden52.7%
11 Lithuania50.8%
12 New Zealand46.4%
13 Chile38.5%
14 Portugal38.3%
15 Czech Republic38.0%
16 Norway37.5%
17 Italy35.7%
18 Austria34.5%
19 Slovakia32.0%
20 Denmark31.3%
21 Turkiye31.1%
22 Germany28.3%
23 Belgium25.6%
24 Hungary22.3%

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 14 countries.

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

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 0.477237 X +6.391
Correlation coefficient (r)0.123
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 28851.703247 X +29391.973
Correlation coefficient (r)0.201
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.040

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 2.982852 X +79.168
Correlation coefficient (r)0.171
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.029

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -0.378053 X +1.620
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.256
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.066

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 7.836271 X +6.861
Correlation coefficient (r)0.279
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.078