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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 building blocks or construction toys
Choices: "Often" "Sometimes" "Never or almost never"
Data: % of "Often"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy77.6%
2 Republic of Korea72.7%
3 Canada71.8%
4 Germany70.6%
5 France 65.4%
6 Japan60.9%
7 Sweden58.4%

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 = -2.475290 X +8.262
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.364
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.132

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -47426.713533 X +75586.161
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.319
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.102

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -5.739895 X +86.729
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.363
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.132

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -2.335677 X +3.003
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.481
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.231

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -15.678032 X +21.887
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.209
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.044