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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? - Sing songs
Choices: "Often" "Sometimes" "Never or almost never"
Data: % of "Often"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy67.3%
2 Canada65.4%
3 Germany58.1%
4 Japan55.4%
5 Sweden52.5%
6 France 51.1%
7 Republic of Korea48.1%

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 = 0.656744 X +6.200
Correlation coefficient (r)0.102
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 21997.388287 X +30737.199
Correlation coefficient (r)0.156
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.024

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -3.622787 X +84.874
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.241
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.058

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.182820 X +1.306
Correlation coefficient (r)0.040
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -53.301478 X +41.492
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.746
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.557