Average mathematics scores at the end of secondary school, by sex, average time spent studying mathematics out of school, and country: 1995

Table 407.

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                       |Average score in mathematics|        Amount of daily out-of-school study time in mathematics
        Country        |____________________________|_______________________________________________________________________
                       |         |        |         |                    |                   |                   |
                       | Mathe-  |        |         |  Less than 1 hour  | One to two hours  |Three or more hours|
                       | matics  | Males  |Females  |____________________|___________________|___________________| Average
                       |overall  |        |         | Percent|Mean score | Percent|Mean score| Percent|Mean score| hours\1\
_______________________|_________|________|_________|________|___________|________|__________|________|__________|__________
           1           |    2    |     3  |    4    |    5   |    6      |    7   |    8     |    9   |    10    |       11
_______________________|_________|________|_________|________|___________|________|__________|________|__________|__________
Australia\2\...........| 522(9.3)|540(10.3| 510(9.3)| 59(2.2)| 521 (8.3) | 36(2.2)| 557(10.2)|  5(0.8)| 534(13.4)|1.0 (0.04)
Austria\2\.............| 518(5.3)|545(7.2)| 503(5.5)| 77(1.7)| 526 (5.8) | 19(1.6)| 533(9.4) |  4(0.8)| 502(13.7)|0.6 (0.04)
Canada\2\ .............| 519(2.8)|537(3.8)| 504(3.5)| 56(2.1)| 539 (5.1) | 38(1.9)| 547(5.0) |  7(1.0)| 526(14.6)|1.1 (0.05)
Cyprus\2\ .............| 446(2.5)|454(4.9)| 439(3.7)| 63(2.1)| 435 (4.3) | 29(1.8)| 471(4.8) |  8(1.3)| 451(9.0) |1.0 (0.05)
Czech Republic ........| 466(12.3|488(11.3| 443(16.8| 92(1.5)| 464(13.8) |  8(1.4)| 482(17.8)|  #(0.2)|--- (---) |0.4 (0.03)
                       |         |        |         |        |           |        |          |        |          |
Denmark\2\ ............| 547(3.3)|575(4.0)| 523(4.0)| 68(2.0)| 571 (4.9) | 28(1.6)| 563(4.7) |  4(0.7)| 562(11.9)|0.9 (0.04)
France\2\ .............| 523(5.1)|544(5.6)| 506(5.3)| 59(2.3)| 517 (5.1) | 35(2.3)| 539(6.7) |  5(0.7)| 505(14.7)|1.0 (0.04)
Germany\2\ ............| 495(5.9)|509(8.7)| 480(8.8)|---(---)|---  (---) |---(---)|--- (---) |---(---)|--- (---) |--- (---)
Hungary............... | 483(3.2)|485(4.9)| 481(4.8)| 74(0.9)| 480 (3.2) | 24(0.8)| 496(5.5) |  2(0.2)|--- (---) |0.7 (0.02)
Iceland\2\ ............| 534(2.0)|558(3.4)| 514(2.2)| 79(1.1)| 553 (3.2) | 19(1.1)| 542(7.0) |  2(0.4)|--- (---) |0.7 (0.02)
                       |         |        |         |        |           |        |          |        |          |
Italy\2\...............| 476(5.5)|490(7.4)| 464(6.0)| 55(2.6)| 479 (6.3) | 40(2.2)| 486(7.2) |  5(0.9)| 477(11.2)|1.0 (0.05)
Lithuania\2\ ..........| 469(6.1)|485(7.3)| 461(7.7)| 67(1.8)| 472 (5.8) | 29(1.7)| 480(5.2) |  4(0.5)| 484(11.5)|0.8 (0.03)
Netherlands\2\  .......| 560(4.7)|585(5.6)| 533(5.9)| 82(1.7)| 606 (6.2) | 16(1.6)| 581(11.1)|  1(0.3)|--- (---) |0.7 (0.03)
New Zealand ...........| 522(4.5)|536(4.9)| 507(6.2)| 75(1.4)| 544 (6.1) | 23(1.4)| 552(5.9) |  2(0.3)|--- (---) |0.7 (0.03)
Norway\2\ .............| 528(4.1)|555(5.3)| 501(4.8)| 85(1.4)| 541 (5.1) | 14(1.3)| 558(9.5) |  1(0.3)|--- (---) |0.5 (0.03)
                       |         |        |         |        |           |        |          |        |          |
Russian Federation\2\ .| 471(6.2)|488(6.5)| 460(6.6)| 56(2.0)| 463 (5.9) | 33(1.4)| 484(7.5) | 11(1.2)| 494(8.1) |1.2 (0.06)
Slovenia\2\............| 512(8.3)|535(12.7| 490(8.0)| 72(2.7)| 521 (9.4) | 25(2.6)| 518(9.5) |  2(0.6)|--- (---) |0.7 (0.05)
South Africa\2\ .......| 356(8.3)|365(9.3)| 348(10.8| 33(1.8)| 394(17.1) | 51(1.8)| 375(10.9)| 17(1.2)| 344(7.2) |1.7 (0.05)
Sweden ................| 552(4.3)|573(5.9)| 531(3.9)| 90(0.9)| 579 (5.4) |  9(0.9)| 580(7.8) |  1(0.2)|--- (---) |0.4 (0.02)
Switzerland ...........| 540(5.8)|555(6.4)| 522(7.4)| 67(1.6)| 569 (4.9) | 28(1.3)| 550(5.6) |  5(0.9)| 522(10.6)|0.9 (0.04)
United States\2\ ......| 461(3.2)|466(4.1)| 456(3.6)| 76(1.5)| 475 (3.8) | 22(1.5)| 486(5.9) |  2(0.2)|--- (---) |0.7 (0.02)
_______________________|_________|________|_________|________|___________|________|__________|________|__________|__________

---Not available.
#Rounds to zero.
\1\Average hours based on: No time = 0; Less than 1 hour = .5; 1-2 hours = 1.5; 3-5 hours = 4; More than 5 hours = 7.
\2\Countries not meeting all International Association for the Evaluation of Education Achievement's sampling specifications.

NOTE: End of secondary school is equivalent to 12th-grade in the U.S. and a few other countries, but ranges from 9th- to 14th-grade among the survey countries. Possible scores range from 1 to 1,000. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. Standard errors appear in parentheses.

SOURCE: International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, Mathematics and Science Achievement in the Final Year of Secondary School: IEA's Third International Mathematics and Science Study, 1998, by Ina V.S. Mullis et. al. Copyright © 1998 Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA. (This table was prepared October 1998.)

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