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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 with building blocks or construction toys
Choices: "Often" "Sometimes" "Never or almost never"
Data: % of "Often"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Hungary86.3%
2 Czech Republic84.3%
3 Slovakia80.8%
4 Austria79.0%
5 Italy77.6%
6 Norway77.0%
7 New Zealand76.7%
8 Poland75.7%
9 Republic of Korea72.7%
10 Finland72.5%
11 Lithuania71.9%
12 Canada71.8%
13 Latvia71.1%
14 Germany70.6%
15 Denmark70.4%
16 Ireland69.9%
17 Spain66.4%
18 France65.4%
19 Portugal63.4%
20 Belgium63.2%
21 Japan 60.9%
22 Sweden58.4%
23 Chile50.9%
24 Turkiye35.5%

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 = 2.141199 X +5.120
Correlation coefficient (r)0.392
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.154

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 40969.645115 X +12804.819
Correlation coefficient (r)0.182
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.033

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -3.539216 X +82.575
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.111
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -0.390831 X +1.787
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.179
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.032

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 10.948236 X +2.863
Correlation coefficient (r)0.276
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.076