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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 alphabet toys (e.g., blocks with letters of the alphabet)
Choices: "Often" "Sometimes" "Never or almost never"
Data: % of "Often"
Period:
Area:
53 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Russian Federation73.7%
2 Slovakia66.9%
3 Malta65.7%
4 Kazakhstan60.9%
5 Georgia58.5%
5 New Zealand58.5%
7 Canada58.0%
7 North Macedonia58.0%
9 Czech Republic57.0%
10 Poland56.5%
11 Ireland56.4%
12 Latvia56.0%
12 Montenegro56.0%
14 Kosovo55.7%
15 Serbia55.6%
16 United Arab Emirates54.9%
17 Croatia54.8%
18 Bahrain53.6%
19 Albania51.3%
20 Bosnia and Herzegovina50.8%
21 Lithuania48.8%
22 Saudi Arabia48.5%
23 Spain48.4%
24 Chile47.5%
25 Oman47.3%
26 Qatar47.0%
27 Bulgaria46.7%
28 Armenia46.2%
28 Cyprus46.2%
30 Italy45.8%
31 Kuwait42.5%
32 Singapore42.2%
33 Portugal42.0%
34 Republic of Korea40.4%
35 France40.1%
36 Azerbaijan39.3%
37 Philippines38.0%
38 Hungary37.0%
39 South Africa34.4%
40 Turkiye34.3%
41 Taiwan32.0%
42 Austria31.4%
43 Germany30.9%
44 Iran30.7%
45 Denmark28.9%
46 Japan28.8%
47 Hong Kong, China27.2%
47 Pakistan 27.2%
49 Morocco26.5%
50 Belgium25.2%
50 Norway25.2%
52 Sweden23.5%
53 Finland20.6%

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 = -0.444638 X +6.371
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.074
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data53
Regression equation
Y = -52068.559529 X +52791.592
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.286
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.082

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data52
Regression equation
Y = -8.131048 X +81.630
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.231
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.053

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data52
Regression equation
Y = -0.348413 X +1.849
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.089
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data50
Regression equation
Y = 2.319328 X +10.324
Correlation coefficient (r)0.047
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002