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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 number toys (e.g., blocks with numbers)
Choices: "Often" "Sometimes" "Never or almost never"
Data: % of "Often"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Slovakia58.1%
2 Canada55.0%
3 New Zealand54.4%
4 Poland54.1%
5 Ireland53.8%
6 Czech Republic52.1%
7 Italy51.0%
8 Latvia48.6%
9 Republic of Korea46.7%
10 Lithuania44.4%
11 Hungary43.3%
12 Spain42.1%
13 Portugal41.8%
14 Chile39.7%
15 Austria35.3%
16 France34.9%
17 Turkiye34.5%
18 Germany33.1%
19 Belgium29.2%
20 Denmark26.4%
21 Japan 23.2%
22 Norway19.9%
23 Sweden17.5%
24 Finland16.2%

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 = -1.667530 X +7.275
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.356
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.127

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -62506.828688 X +66234.156
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.323
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.104

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -11.264306 X +84.592
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.411
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.169

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -0.232357 X +1.607
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.124
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -1.554361 X +11.111
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.046
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002