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Question: How well could your child do the following when he/she began primary/ elementary school? - Read a story
Choices: "Very well" "Moderately well" "Not very well" "Not at all"
Data: % of "Very well"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea54.7%
2 Japan31.5%
3 Canada18.2%
4 Sweden11.7%
5 France 7.4%
6 Italy5.0%
7 Germany3.4%

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 3 countries.

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

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -1.452409 X +6.847
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.575
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.331

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -26971.342752 X +48323.314
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.489
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.239

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 3.774051 X +82.103
Correlation coefficient (r)0.642
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.412

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -1.457090 X +1.685
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.807
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.651

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 25.290341 X +6.429
Correlation coefficient (r)0.905
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.819