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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? - Talk about what you had read
Choices: "Often" "Sometimes" "Never or almost never"
Data: % of "Often"
Period:
Area:
53 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Russian Federation60.8%
2 Montenegro59.3%
3 Bosnia and Herzegovina52.7%
4 Serbia52.5%
5 Cyprus50.4%
6 Latvia50.3%
7 North Macedonia49.4%
8 Albania49.2%
9 Georgia47.7%
10 Kosovo47.0%
11 Germany45.9%
12 Poland45.8%
13 Austria45.0%
14 Armenia44.9%
15 Ireland44.2%
16 New Zealand44.0%
16 Pakistan44.0%
18 Slovakia43.7%
19 Denmark42.9%
20 Sweden42.5%
21 Croatia42.3%
22 United Arab Emirates42.2%
23 Norway42.1%
24 Malta42.0%
25 Canada41.6%
25 Lithuania41.6%
27 Czech Republic40.3%
28 Kazakhstan39.8%
29 Finland38.8%
30 South Africa38.1%
31 Bulgaria37.6%
32 Chile37.5%
33 Italy37.0%
34 Kuwait35.9%
35 Turkiye35.3%
36 Oman33.5%
37 Qatar33.3%
38 Bahrain32.6%
38 Saudi Arabia32.6%
40 Azerbaijan31.9%
41 Belgium31.3%
42 France30.7%
43 Iran30.1%
43 Philippines30.1%
43 Republic of Korea30.1%
46 Taiwan27.4%
47 Morocco 27.3%
48 Spain27.1%
49 Hungary25.5%
50 Singapore24.2%
51 Portugal24.1%
52 Hong Kong, China16.9%
53 Japan12.4%

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 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 = 0.146650 X +6.114
Correlation coefficient (r)0.019
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data53
Regression equation
Y = -44033.042161 X +46491.286
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.186
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.035

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data52
Regression equation
Y = -15.304833 X +83.929
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.334
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.112

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data52
Regression equation
Y = 0.072176 X +1.664
Correlation coefficient (r)0.014
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data50
Regression equation
Y = 10.243757 X +7.350
Correlation coefficient (r)0.153
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.023