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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? - Play with alphabet toys (e.g., blocks with letters of the alphabet)
Choices: "Often" "Sometimes" "Never or almost never"
Data: % of "Often"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Slovakia66.9%
2 New Zealand58.5%
3 Canada58.0%
4 Czech Republic57.0%
5 Poland56.5%
6 Ireland56.4%
7 Latvia56.0%
8 Lithuania48.8%
9 Spain48.4%
10 Chile47.5%
11 Italy45.8%
12 Portugal42.0%
13 Republic of Korea40.4%
14 France40.1%
15 Hungary37.0%
16 Turkiye34.3%
17 Austria 31.4%
18 Germany30.9%
19 Denmark28.9%
20 Japan28.8%
21 Belgium25.2%
21 Norway25.2%
23 Sweden23.5%
24 Finland20.6%

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 14 countries.

Source
TIMSS 2019 > International Database > TIMSS 2019 Data Almanacs - Grade 4

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -1.162194 X +7.100
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.261
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.068

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -54571.750275 X +64276.242
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.297
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.088

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -11.322106 X +84.864
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.434
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.188

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -0.028816 X +1.526
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.016
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -1.965673 X +11.318
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.061
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004