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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 numbers
Choices: "Often" "Sometimes" "Never or almost never"
Data: % of "Often"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Poland58.3%
2 Latvia57.9%
3 Lithuania57.7%
4 Republic of Korea56.7%
5 Ireland55.8%
6 Chile53.5%
7 Spain51.7%
8 Canada49.4%
9 New Zealand49.2%
10 Portugal45.8%
11 Italy44.3%
12 Slovakia42.6%
13 France41.5%
14 Sweden 39.0%
15 Turkiye38.7%
16 Austria37.1%
17 Germany35.2%
18 Hungary34.5%
19 Czech Republic33.3%
20 Finland33.1%
21 Denmark32.6%
22 Norway32.1%
23 Japan30.7%
24 Belgium26.5%

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 = -1.438410 X +7.233
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.242
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.059

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -57727.337084 X +66301.664
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.236
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.056

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -9.218551 X +84.092
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.265
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.070

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -0.944429 X +1.922
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.399
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.159

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 9.251935 X +6.494
Correlation coefficient (r)0.215
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.046