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Question: How well could your child do the following when he/she began primary/ elementary school? - Write letters of the alphabet
Choices: "Very well" "Moderately well" "Not very well" "Not at all"
Data: % of "Very well"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Ireland65.8%
2 Republic of Korea56.0%
3 Spain55.5%
4 Latvia47.2%
5 France47.0%
6 Canada46.9%
7 Poland45.3%
8 Japan 40.3%
9 Sweden39.3%
10 Finland38.8%
11 Italy36.3%
12 Lithuania35.8%
13 Chile33.9%
14 Denmark30.8%
15 Czech Republic30.0%
16 Portugal29.8%
17 Austria28.7%
17 Turkiye28.7%
19 Norway27.4%
20 New Zealand26.3%
21 Slovakia24.9%
22 Germany21.1%
23 Belgium15.9%
24 Hungary11.2%

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 = 0.035671 X +6.599
Correlation coefficient (r)0.008
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 34927.763939 X +28795.847
Correlation coefficient (r)0.184
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.034

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 7.395447 X +77.449
Correlation coefficient (r)0.275
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.076

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -0.656013 X +1.750
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.357
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.127

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 4.655682 X +8.818
Correlation coefficient (r)0.139
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.019