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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? - Tell stories
Choices: "Often" "Sometimes" "Never or almost never"
Data: % of "Often"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea83.0%
2 Hungary81.5%
3 Ireland63.8%
4 Canada62.8%
5 New Zealand61.9%
6 Italy59.4%
7 France58.7%
8 Spain57.9%
9 Germany53.9%
10 Portugal52.4%
11 Belgium51.7%
11 Lithuania51.7%
13 Czech Republic51.6%
14 Slovakia50.9%
15 Austria48.5%
15 Denmark48.5%
17 Norway47.1%
18 Poland44.0%
19 Latvia42.9%
20 Chile42.8%
21 Sweden37.8%
22 Finland34.9%
23 Turkiye31.6%
24 Japan 19.7%

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 = -0.156609 X +6.693
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.037
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 12228.484930 X +35040.878
Correlation coefficient (r)0.070
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 0.660702 X +79.767
Correlation coefficient (r)0.027
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -0.457288 X +1.750
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.269
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.072

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 6.232392 X +7.275
Correlation coefficient (r)0.202
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.041