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Question: How well could your child do the following when he/she began primary/ elementary school? - Read some words
Choices: "Very well" "Moderately well" "Not very well" "Not at all"
Data: % of "Very well"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea65.8%
2 Ireland64.2%
3 Japan52.6%
4 Latvia51.2%
5 Spain50.7%
6 Poland46.3%
7 Sweden 39.8%
8 Canada38.4%
9 Finland38.1%
10 Lithuania33.8%
11 France31.2%
12 Chile28.4%
13 Norway24.1%
14 New Zealand23.6%
15 Turkiye22.5%
16 Czech Republic20.6%
17 Austria18.3%
18 Italy17.6%
19 Portugal16.7%
20 Belgium14.3%
20 Germany14.3%
22 Slovakia14.0%
23 Hungary13.6%
24 Denmark11.5%

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 = -0.260496 X +6.693
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.072
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 15818.514766 X +36400.002
Correlation coefficient (r)0.106
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 4.090905 X +78.827
Correlation coefficient (r)0.194
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.038

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -0.664355 X +1.722
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.462
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.213

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 10.472713 X +7.212
Correlation coefficient (r)0.400
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.160