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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 word games
Choices: "Often" "Sometimes" "Never or almost never"
Data: % of "Often"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Hungary60.7%
2 Czech Republic48.3%
3 Republic of Korea47.6%
4 Poland44.3%
5 Spain44.2%
6 Japan42.3%
7 Ireland41.7%
8 Slovakia41.3%
9 Lithuania41.1%
10 Latvia40.9%
11 Italy40.3%
12 Canada39.2%
13 New Zealand38.8%
14 France35.4%
15 Portugal35.3%
16 Germany34.5%
17 Austria33.5%
18 Chile32.2%
19 Belgium31.6%
20 Turkiye31.4%
21 Denmark27.3%
22 Sweden23.0%
23 Norway20.5%
24 Finland 19.5%

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 = -3.301687 X +7.843
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.514
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.264

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -124480.119861 X +87769.358
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.470
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.221

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -14.577665 X +85.544
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.388
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.151

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -0.678068 X +1.767
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.265
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.070

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 6.697967 X +7.995
Correlation coefficient (r)0.144
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.021