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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 with building blocks or construction toys
Choices: "Often" "Sometimes" "Never or almost never"
Data: % of "Often"
Period:
Area:
53 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Hungary86.3%
2 Czech Republic84.3%
3 Slovakia80.8%
4 Austria79.0%
5 Italy77.6%
6 Norway77.0%
7 New Zealand76.7%
8 Poland75.7%
9 Croatia75.3%
10 Malta75.1%
11 Russian Federation73.9%
12 Republic of Korea72.7%
13 Finland72.5%
14 Lithuania71.9%
15 Canada71.8%
16 Latvia71.1%
17 Germany70.6%
18 Denmark70.4%
19 Ireland69.9%
20 Kazakhstan69.2%
21 Serbia68.8%
22 Spain66.4%
23 France65.4%
24 Montenegro64.1%
25 Cyprus63.9%
26 Portugal63.4%
27 Belgium63.2%
28 North Macedonia62.6%
29 Bahrain61.9%
30 Georgia61.2%
31 Japan60.9%
32 Bulgaria59.4%
32 United Arab Emirates59.4%
34 Iran58.8%
35 Bosnia and Herzegovina58.4%
35 Sweden58.4%
37 Kosovo55.3%
37 Singapore55.3%
39 Albania54.9%
40 Qatar53.7%
41 Saudi Arabia53.0%
42 Kuwait52.9%
43 Chile50.9%
44 Taiwan50.1%
45 Armenia48.3%
46 Oman44.9%
47 Hong Kong, China44.6%
48 Turkiye35.5%
49 South Africa34.1%
50 Pakistan29.5%
51 Morocco 27.4%
52 Azerbaijan26.5%
53 Philippines25.6%

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 185 countries.

Source
TIMSS 2019 > International Database > TIMSS 2019 Data Almanacs - Grade 4

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data51
Regression equation
Y = 3.059225 X +4.287
Correlation coefficient (r)0.591
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.349

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data53
Regression equation
Y = 57622.762734 X -5816.653
Correlation coefficient (r)0.371
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.138

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data52
Regression equation
Y = 11.826888 X +70.703
Correlation coefficient (r)0.397
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.158

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data52
Regression equation
Y = -1.700259 X +2.735
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.513
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.263

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data50
Regression equation
Y = 17.850065 X +0.341
Correlation coefficient (r)0.427
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.182