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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 games involving shapes (e.g., shape sorting toys, puzzles)
Choices: "Often" "Sometimes" "Never or almost never"
Data: % of "Often"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Poland79.6%
2 Germany77.2%
3 Hungary75.6%
4 Czech Republic75.3%
5 Austria73.4%
6 Slovakia73.2%
7 Portugal72.5%
8 Italy72.3%
9 Belgium69.5%
10 New Zealand68.3%
11 Canada67.9%
12 France67.5%
13 Denmark65.1%
14 Ireland65.0%
15 Spain64.2%
16 Lithuania63.9%
17 Norway63.6%
18 Finland62.5%
19 Latvia61.9%
20 Republic of Korea53.9%
21 Japan51.4%
22 Chile47.4%
23 Turkiye47.1%
24 Sweden 44.8%

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 = 0.948982 X +5.994
Correlation coefficient (r)0.156
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.024

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 4395.665289 X +38490.973
Correlation coefficient (r)0.018
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -7.647465 X +85.089
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.215
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.046

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 0.094276 X +1.453
Correlation coefficient (r)0.039
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -5.835145 X +14.292
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.132
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017