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Question: Could your child do the following when he/she began primary/ elementary school? - Write numbers
Choices: "Not at all" "Up to 10" "Up to 20" "Up to 100 or higher"
Data: % of "Up to 100 or higher"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea63.4%
2 Ireland45.7%
3 Japan36.9%
4 Latvia34.6%
5 Spain32.7%
6 Poland32.2%
7 Sweden32.1%
8 Finland29.3%
9 Lithuania28.5%
10 Canada26.7%
11 Turkiye24.4%
12 Chile17.3%
13 Portugal15.6%
14 Italy15.4%
15 France15.2%
16 Norway13.2%
17 Austria 12.6%
18 Hungary12.4%
19 Czech Republic12.2%
20 Denmark11.0%
21 Germany10.2%
22 Slovakia9.3%
23 New Zealand8.8%
24 Belgium7.6%

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 = -1.207830 X +6.907
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.246
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.061

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 6076.399878 X +39829.286
Correlation coefficient (r)0.037
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 3.397170 X +79.634
Correlation coefficient (r)0.169
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.029

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -0.828876 X +1.694
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.499
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.249

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 16.431476 X +9.732
Correlation coefficient (r)0.399
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.159