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Question: How well could your child do the following when he/she began primary/ elementary school? - Write words other than his/her name
Choices: "Very well" "Moderately well" "Not very well" "Not at all"
Data: % of "Very well"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea62.3%
2 Ireland57.5%
3 Spain49.0%
4 Poland45.2%
5 Japan40.9%
6 Latvia40.8%
7 Sweden33.2%
8 France32.0%
9 Canada31.0%
10 Finland30.4%
11 Chile 26.2%
12 Turkiye24.7%
13 Portugal23.3%
14 Austria22.6%
15 Denmark21.2%
15 Norway21.2%
17 Italy21.0%
18 Lithuania20.8%
19 Germany19.4%
20 Czech Republic19.0%
21 Slovakia16.8%
22 New Zealand16.7%
23 Belgium13.2%
24 Hungary11.3%

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 = -0.589887 X +6.784
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.135
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 20435.224163 X +35396.114
Correlation coefficient (r)0.113
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 6.674578 X +78.162
Correlation coefficient (r)0.260
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.068

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -0.841037 X +1.759
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.481
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.231

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 7.234731 X +8.383
Correlation coefficient (r)0.227
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.052