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Question: How well could your child do the following when he/she began primary/ elementary school? - Write 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 Republic of Korea56.0%
2 France 47.0%
3 Canada46.9%
4 Japan40.3%
5 Sweden39.3%
6 Italy36.3%
7 Germany21.1%

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 = -1.152445 X +7.046
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.269
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.072

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -25129.200840 X +53540.525
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.269
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.072

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 5.901590 X +80.395
Correlation coefficient (r)0.593
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.352

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -1.304635 X +1.945
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.427
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.182

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 31.075977 X -1.542
Correlation coefficient (r)0.657
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.432