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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? - Read aloud signs and labels
Choices: "Often" "Sometimes" "Never or almost never"
Data: % of "Often"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea57.3%
2 Canada54.4%
3 Italy52.8%
4 France 50.7%
5 Sweden42.7%
6 Germany39.2%
7 Japan38.3%

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 = -1.172369 X +7.135
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.193
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.037

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -27315.378342 X +56329.111
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.206
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.042

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.830722 X +82.416
Correlation coefficient (r)0.059
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -1.928929 X +2.334
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.445
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.198

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 16.637697 X +3.222
Correlation coefficient (r)0.248
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.062