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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? - Write letters or words
Choices: "Often" "Sometimes" "Never or almost never"
Data: % of "Often"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Latvia64.8%
2 Poland62.2%
3 Lithuania58.9%
4 Ireland55.9%
5 Republic of Korea54.8%
6 Spain54.3%
7 Canada52.5%
8 New Zealand51.6%
9 Chile49.3%
10 France48.7%
11 Italy48.1%
12 Sweden45.5%
13 Portugal44.8%
14 Slovakia43.7%
15 Finland41.8%
16 Denmark39.1%
17 Norway38.9%
18 Austria37.0%
19 Czech Republic35.4%
20 Germany34.7%
21 Japan 34.1%
22 Belgium33.7%
23 Hungary33.0%
24 Turkiye32.3%

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 = 0.150604 X +6.543
Correlation coefficient (r)0.025
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -19780.318498 X +50379.428
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.079
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -5.780246 X +82.746
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.162
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.026

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -0.929538 X +1.938
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.381
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.145

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 13.798591 X +4.196
Correlation coefficient (r)0.311
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.097