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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:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Canada65.8%
2 France 60.3%
3 Republic of Korea58.0%
4 Japan56.9%
5 Sweden52.7%
6 Italy35.7%
7 Germany28.3%

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 = 0.030538 X +6.558
Correlation coefficient (r)0.009
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 6312.201062 X +40015.608
Correlation coefficient (r)0.085
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 4.426477 X +80.552
Correlation coefficient (r)0.561
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.315

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -0.141563 X +1.482
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.058
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 19.476146 X +1.242
Correlation coefficient (r)0.519
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.269