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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 word games
Choices: "Often" "Sometimes" "Never or almost never"
Data: % of "Often"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea47.6%
2 Japan42.3%
3 Italy40.3%
4 Canada39.2%
5 France 35.4%
6 Germany34.5%
7 Sweden23.0%

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 = -5.424695 X +8.606
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.897
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.805

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -100813.663535 X +81017.463
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.763
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.582

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 4.274177 X +81.213
Correlation coefficient (r)0.304
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.092

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -3.384207 X +2.678
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.783
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.613

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 22.248533 X +2.857
Correlation coefficient (r)0.333
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.111