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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? - Write numbers
Choices: "Often" "Sometimes" "Never or almost never"
Data: % of "Often"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea56.7%
2 Canada49.4%
3 Italy44.3%
4 France 41.5%
5 Sweden39.0%
6 Germany35.2%
7 Japan30.7%

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 = -0.709625 X +6.874
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.132
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -13682.082060 X +49042.346
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.117
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.580533 X +82.568
Correlation coefficient (r)0.047
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -2.170013 X +2.330
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.567
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.321

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 28.306416 X -0.808
Correlation coefficient (r)0.478
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.228