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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 word games
Choices: "Often" "Sometimes" "Never or almost never"
Data: % of "Often"
Period:
Area:
53 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Hungary60.7%
2 Russian Federation57.2%
3 North Macedonia54.6%
4 Serbia54.1%
5 Albania54.0%
6 Kazakhstan53.9%
7 Armenia52.3%
8 Malta51.3%
9 Montenegro50.5%
10 Kosovo49.6%
11 Czech Republic48.3%
12 Republic of Korea47.6%
13 Croatia46.5%
14 Georgia46.4%
15 Poland44.3%
16 Spain44.2%
17 Bosnia and Herzegovina43.4%
18 Cyprus42.8%
19 Japan42.3%
20 Azerbaijan42.0%
21 Ireland41.7%
22 United Arab Emirates41.4%
23 Slovakia41.3%
24 Lithuania41.1%
25 Latvia40.9%
26 Italy40.3%
27 Canada39.2%
28 New Zealand38.8%
29 Bahrain37.5%
30 France35.4%
31 Portugal35.3%
32 Saudi Arabia35.0%
33 Germany34.5%
34 Taiwan34.3%
35 Bulgaria33.8%
36 Austria33.5%
37 Qatar33.0%
37 South Africa33.0%
39 Kuwait32.9%
40 Oman32.8%
41 Chile32.2%
42 Belgium31.6%
43 Turkiye31.4%
44 Denmark27.3%
45 Iran27.0%
46 Philippines25.9%
47 Singapore25.8%
48 Sweden23.0%
49 Norway20.5%
50 Pakistan 20.3%
51 Finland19.5%
52 Morocco19.3%
53 Hong Kong, China18.6%

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 = -1.087343 X +6.593
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.151
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.023

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data53
Regression equation
Y = -84354.595349 X +61948.590
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.386
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.149

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data52
Regression equation
Y = -9.418836 X +81.600
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.225
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.051

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data52
Regression equation
Y = -0.930572 X +2.052
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.200
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.040

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data50
Regression equation
Y = 12.791344 X +6.407
Correlation coefficient (r)0.211
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.045