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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 with alphabet toys (e.g., blocks with letters of the alphabet)
Choices: "Often" "Sometimes" "Never or almost never"
Data: % of "Often"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Canada58.0%
2 Italy45.8%
3 Republic of Korea40.4%
4 France 40.1%
5 Germany30.9%
6 Japan28.8%
7 Sweden23.5%

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 = -0.497524 X +6.764
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.124
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -474.383395 X +43422.425
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.005
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -1.277154 X +83.302
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.137
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.019

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -0.658220 X +1.662
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.230
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.053

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -6.845492 X +13.810
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.154
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.024