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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 books
Choices: "Often" "Sometimes" "Never or almost never"
Data: % of "Often"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany74.2%
2 Canada71.2%
3 Sweden67.5%
4 France 60.4%
5 Republic of Korea52.9%
6 Italy48.3%
7 Japan41.2%

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 = 3.010947 X +4.785
Correlation coefficient (r)0.797
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.635

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 72442.197634 X +220.826
Correlation coefficient (r)0.878
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.771

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -6.663339 X +86.771
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.759
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.576

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 1.405833 X +0.575
Correlation coefficient (r)0.521
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.271

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -5.750567 X +14.609
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.138
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.019