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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? - Draw shapes
Choices: "Often" "Sometimes" "Never or almost never"
Data: % of "Often"
Period:
Area:
53 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Albania71.7%
2 Kosovo69.1%
3 Montenegro68.9%
4 Serbia65.6%
5 Bosnia and Herzegovina64.0%
6 Russian Federation61.8%
7 Bahrain61.3%
8 Azerbaijan60.8%
9 North Macedonia60.4%
10 Republic of Korea60.1%
11 United Arab Emirates59.9%
12 Armenia56.6%
13 Chile55.6%
13 Croatia55.6%
15 Georgia55.2%
16 Oman55.1%
17 Kazakhstan54.6%
18 Malta54.5%
19 Poland54.2%
20 Canada54.1%
21 Saudi Arabia53.9%
22 Philippines53.5%
23 Kuwait53.2%
24 New Zealand52.6%
25 Ireland52.4%
26 Qatar52.3%
27 Bulgaria52.1%
28 South Africa51.7%
29 Hungary49.8%
30 France48.9%
31 Spain48.8%
32 Slovakia47.8%
33 Cyprus47.5%
34 Italy46.7%
35 Latvia45.7%
36 Singapore44.1%
37 Turkiye43.6%
38 Portugal43.3%
39 Denmark41.5%
40 Lithuania41.3%
41 Norway38.9%
42 Morocco38.3%
43 Japan38.0%
44 Taiwan36.8%
45 Czech Republic36.4%
46 Hong Kong, China35.0%
46 Pakistan 35.0%
48 Finland33.3%
49 Belgium32.1%
50 Sweden31.7%
51 Germany31.3%
52 Austria31.2%
53 Iran24.0%

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 = -1.710475 X +7.011
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.248
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.062

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data53
Regression equation
Y = -86494.461990 X +72038.592
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.413
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.171

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data52
Regression equation
Y = -13.454904 X +84.622
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.332
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.110

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data52
Regression equation
Y = -0.116381 X +1.750
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.026
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data50
Regression equation
Y = -3.327924 X +13.019
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.057
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003