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Question: How well could your child do the following when he/she began primary/ elementary school? - Write words other than his/her name
Choices: "Very well" "Moderately well" "Not very well" "Not at all"
Data: % of "Very well"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea62.3%
2 Japan40.9%
3 Sweden33.2%
4 France 32.0%
5 Canada31.0%
6 Italy21.0%
7 Germany19.4%

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 = -1.501754 X +7.088
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.462
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.213

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -30270.526918 X +53610.961
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.426
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.181

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 4.811264 X +81.166
Correlation coefficient (r)0.636
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.404

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -1.547550 X +1.940
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.666
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.444

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 34.239714 X -0.535
Correlation coefficient (r)0.953
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.908