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Question: How well could your child do the following when he/she began primary/ elementary school? - Read sentences
Choices: "Very well" "Moderately well" "Not very well" "Not at all"
Data: % of "Very well"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea58.1%
2 Ireland52.6%
3 Japan 39.7%
4 Spain38.3%
5 Latvia34.5%
6 Finland25.0%
7 Poland24.2%
8 Canada23.2%
9 Lithuania22.4%
10 Chile21.3%
11 Sweden20.7%
12 Turkiye19.7%
13 France12.7%
14 Czech Republic11.5%
15 New Zealand10.3%
16 Norway9.3%
17 Italy8.9%
18 Austria8.8%
19 Portugal8.3%
20 Belgium7.4%
21 Slovakia7.3%
22 Hungary6.9%
23 Germany5.9%
24 Denmark3.8%

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 = -0.801437 X +6.772
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.201
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.040

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 7945.591501 X +39762.067
Correlation coefficient (r)0.048
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 4.050785 X +79.297
Correlation coefficient (r)0.173
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.030

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -0.787626 X +1.672
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.495
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.245

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 11.011030 X +8.286
Correlation coefficient (r)0.380
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.144