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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? - Read aloud signs and labels
Choices: "Often" "Sometimes" "Never or almost never"
Data: % of "Often"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Chile64.9%
2 New Zealand60.5%
3 Spain60.3%
4 Republic of Korea57.3%
5 Canada54.4%
6 Poland54.3%
7 Ireland54.2%
8 Italy52.8%
9 Slovakia50.8%
10 France50.7%
11 Latvia50.0%
12 Lithuania49.7%
13 Portugal45.8%
14 Finland45.5%
15 Czech Republic44.1%
16 Denmark43.8%
17 Norway43.4%
18 Sweden 42.7%
19 Germany39.2%
20 Japan38.3%
21 Hungary35.9%
22 Austria35.8%
23 Turkiye30.7%
24 Belgium27.4%

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 = 0.468189 X +6.391
Correlation coefficient (r)0.075
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -15813.188433 X +48815.682
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.061
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 3.001208 X +78.692
Correlation coefficient (r)0.082
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -0.905761 X +1.942
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.363
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.132

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 1.530458 X +9.770
Correlation coefficient (r)0.034
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001