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Question: How well could your child do the following when he/she began primary/ elementary school? - Read some words
Choices: "Very well" "Moderately well" "Not very well" "Not at all"
Data: % of "Very well"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea65.8%
2 Japan52.6%
3 Sweden39.8%
4 Canada38.4%
5 France 31.2%
6 Italy17.6%
7 Germany14.3%

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 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 = -0.941862 X +6.923
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.368
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.135

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -17320.775767 X +49667.151
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.310
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.096

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 4.581088 X +81.115
Correlation coefficient (r)0.770
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.593

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -1.067377 X +1.806
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.584
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.341

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 25.596269 X +1.698
Correlation coefficient (r)0.905
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.819