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Question: How well could your child do the following when he/she began primary/ elementary school? - Read a story
Choices: "Very well" "Moderately well" "Not very well" "Not at all"
Data: % of "Very well"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea54.7%
2 Ireland41.2%
3 Japan31.5%
4 Spain25.7%
5 Latvia19.2%
6 Canada18.2%
7 Lithuania17.9%
8 Turkiye16.1%
9 Finland 14.8%
10 Poland13.6%
11 Chile12.6%
12 Sweden11.7%
13 New Zealand8.0%
14 France7.4%
15 Czech Republic7.3%
16 Belgium5.6%
17 Austria5.4%
18 Italy5.0%
19 Portugal4.9%
20 Slovakia4.6%
21 Hungary3.8%
22 Germany3.4%
23 Norway3.1%
24 Denmark2.0%

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 = -1.120527 X +6.769
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.244
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.060

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 8406.171147 X +40171.015
Correlation coefficient (r)0.044
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 5.853347 X +79.285
Correlation coefficient (r)0.218
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.048

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -0.976932 X +1.652
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.533
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.284

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 13.912105 X +8.535
Correlation coefficient (r)0.417
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.174