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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? - Write letters or words
Choices: "Often" "Sometimes" "Never or almost never"
Data: % of "Often"
Period:
Area:
53 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Kazakhstan72.8%
2 Russian Federation70.5%
3 Kosovo69.4%
4 Albania68.8%
5 Latvia64.8%
6 Azerbaijan64.5%
7 Bosnia and Herzegovina63.0%
8 Poland62.2%
9 Georgia59.7%
9 North Macedonia59.7%
11 Lithuania58.9%
12 Armenia57.5%
13 Oman57.0%
14 Malta56.9%
15 Bahrain56.6%
16 Serbia56.2%
17 United Arab Emirates56.1%
18 Ireland55.9%
19 Croatia54.8%
19 Republic of Korea54.8%
21 Spain54.3%
22 Montenegro53.5%
23 Saudi Arabia52.6%
24 Canada52.5%
25 New Zealand51.6%
26 Philippines51.0%
27 Kuwait49.7%
28 Chile49.3%
29 Qatar49.0%
30 Cyprus48.9%
31 France48.7%
32 Italy48.1%
33 Singapore47.0%
34 Sweden45.5%
35 Portugal44.8%
36 Bulgaria43.9%
37 South Africa43.8%
38 Slovakia43.7%
39 Pakistan42.3%
40 Finland41.8%
41 Denmark39.1%
42 Norway38.9%
43 Austria37.0%
44 Morocco36.8%
45 Iran35.5%
46 Czech Republic35.4%
47 Germany34.7%
48 Japan 34.1%
49 Belgium33.7%
50 Hungary33.0%
51 Turkiye32.3%
52 Hong Kong, China25.8%
53 Taiwan9.9%

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 185 countries.

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

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data51
Regression equation
Y = -0.474828 X +6.422
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.081
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data53
Regression equation
Y = -53344.945985 X +56906.589
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.262
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.069

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data52
Regression equation
Y = -15.450483 X +84.957
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.328
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.108

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data52
Regression equation
Y = 0.304505 X +1.536
Correlation coefficient (r)0.066
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data50
Regression equation
Y = 5.228295 X +6.632
Correlation coefficient (r)0.106
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011