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Question: Before your child began primary/elementary school, how often did you or someone else in your home do the following activities with him or her? - Play games involving shapes (e.g., shape sorting toys, puzzles)
Choices: "Often" "Sometimes" "Never or almost never"
Data: % of "Often"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany77.2%
2 Italy72.3%
3 Canada67.9%
4 France 67.5%
5 Republic of Korea53.9%
6 Japan51.4%
7 Sweden44.8%

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 = -0.213565 X +6.706
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.055
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 2134.715381 X +41914.570
Correlation coefficient (r)0.025
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -7.116947 X +87.237
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.790
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.624

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.561507 X +1.061
Correlation coefficient (r)0.203
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.041

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -27.483282 X +28.273
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.642
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.412