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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? - Tell stories
Choices: "Often" "Sometimes" "Never or almost never"
Data: % of "Often"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea83.0%
2 Canada62.8%
3 Italy59.4%
4 France 58.7%
5 Germany53.9%
6 Sweden37.8%
7 Japan19.7%

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 = -0.338120 X +6.755
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.145
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.021

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -6313.816077 X +46626.250
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.124
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -1.866657 X +83.815
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.344
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.118

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -0.688241 X +1.779
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.412
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.170

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 7.581884 X +7.129
Correlation coefficient (r)0.294
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.086