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Question: How well could your child do the following when he/she began primary/ elementary school? - Read sentences
Choices: "Very well" "Moderately well" "Not very well" "Not at all"
Data: % of "Very well"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea58.1%
2 Japan39.7%
3 Canada23.2%
4 Sweden20.7%
5 France 12.7%
6 Italy8.9%
7 Germany5.9%

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 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 = -1.317128 X +6.892
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.527
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.278

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -24720.347729 X +49216.404
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.453
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.205

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 4.175646 X +81.805
Correlation coefficient (r)0.718
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.516

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -1.353084 X +1.737
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.758
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.575

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 25.052249 X +5.139
Correlation coefficient (r)0.907
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.823