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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? - Say counting rhymes or sing counting songs
Choices: "Often" "Sometimes" "Never or almost never"
Data: % of "Often"
Period:
Area:
53 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 New Zealand66.1%
2 Malta63.2%
3 Hungary62.0%
4 Ireland61.3%
5 Croatia58.7%
6 Canada57.3%
7 United Arab Emirates56.8%
8 Bahrain52.4%
9 Slovakia52.1%
10 Qatar50.1%
11 Kuwait49.9%
12 Russian Federation48.3%
13 France48.1%
14 Armenia47.7%
15 Bosnia and Herzegovina47.4%
16 Kazakhstan 46.3%
17 Singapore46.2%
18 Republic of Korea45.2%
19 Saudi Arabia44.9%
20 Azerbaijan42.9%
21 Czech Republic42.3%
22 Cyprus41.2%
23 Philippines41.0%
24 Montenegro40.9%
25 Poland40.7%
26 Serbia40.2%
27 Taiwan38.7%
28 Portugal37.5%
29 South Africa36.5%
30 North Macedonia35.1%
31 Chile34.2%
31 Germany34.2%
33 Turkiye34.1%
34 Italy33.9%
35 Bulgaria33.6%
36 Belgium33.0%
37 Georgia32.9%
38 Hong Kong, China32.3%
39 Norway32.2%
40 Austria31.4%
41 Morocco31.3%
42 Denmark30.4%
43 Albania29.6%
44 Iran29.5%
45 Pakistan29.2%
46 Oman28.9%
47 Kosovo28.4%
48 Latvia28.0%
49 Spain26.9%
50 Japan25.8%
51 Lithuania24.5%
52 Sweden23.7%
53 Finland15.6%

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 = 0.643034 X +5.913
Correlation coefficient (r)0.095
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data53
Regression equation
Y = 22115.263840 X +20549.474
Correlation coefficient (r)0.109
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data52
Regression equation
Y = 1.054989 X +77.536
Correlation coefficient (r)0.027
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data52
Regression equation
Y = -0.474376 X +1.882
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.110
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data50
Regression equation
Y = -3.993508 X +12.992
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.074
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005