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Table S-15-2. Standard Errors for the Average scores of 15-year-old students on combined reading literacy scale, by sex and country: 2009
| Country |
Combined reading literacy score |
| Female |
|
Male |
|
Female-male score difference |
| OECD average |
0.5 |
|
0.6 |
|
0.6 |
| OECD countries |
|
|
|
|
|
| Australia |
2.6 |
|
2.9 |
|
3.1 |
| Austria |
4.0 |
|
3.8 |
|
5.5 |
| Belgium |
2.9 |
|
3.4 |
|
4.4 |
| Canada |
1.7 |
|
1.8 |
|
1.9 |
| Chile |
3.6 |
|
3.9 |
|
4.1 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Czech Republic |
3.0 |
|
3.7 |
|
4.1 |
| Denmark |
2.5 |
|
2.5 |
|
2.9 |
| Estonia |
2.8 |
|
2.9 |
|
2.5 |
| Finland |
2.4 |
|
2.6 |
|
2.3 |
| France |
3.4 |
|
4.3 |
|
3.7 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Germany |
2.9 |
|
3.6 |
|
3.9 |
| Greece |
3.5 |
|
5.5 |
|
4.3 |
| Hungary |
3.6 |
|
3.9 |
|
4.0 |
| Iceland |
1.9 |
|
2.1 |
|
2.8 |
| Ireland |
3.1 |
|
4.2 |
|
4.7 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Israel |
3.4 |
|
5.2 |
|
5.2 |
| Italy |
1.9 |
|
2.3 |
|
2.8 |
| Japan |
3.7 |
|
5.6 |
|
6.8 |
| Korea, Republic of |
3.8 |
|
4.9 |
|
5.9 |
| Luxembourg |
1.5 |
|
1.9 |
|
2.3 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Mexico |
2.1 |
|
2.1 |
|
1.6 |
| Netherlands |
5.3 |
|
5.1 |
|
2.4 |
| New Zealand |
2.6 |
|
3.6 |
|
4.3 |
| Norway |
2.9 |
|
3.0 |
|
2.9 |
| Poland |
2.9 |
|
2.8 |
|
2.5 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Portugal |
2.9 |
|
3.5 |
|
2.4 |
| Slovak Republic |
2.8 |
|
3.5 |
|
3.5 |
| Slovenia |
1.4 |
|
1.6 |
|
2.3 |
| Spain |
2.2 |
|
2.2 |
|
2.0 |
| Sweden |
3.1 |
|
3.2 |
|
2.7 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Switzerland |
2.7 |
|
2.9 |
|
2.5 |
| Turkey |
4.1 |
|
3.7 |
|
3.7 |
| United Kingdom |
2.9 |
|
3.5 |
|
4.5 |
| United States |
3.8 |
|
4.2 |
|
3.4 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Non-OECD countries |
|
|
|
|
|
| Albania |
3.9 |
|
5.1 |
|
4.4 |
| Argentina |
4.9 |
|
5.1 |
|
3.8 |
| Azerbaijan |
3.3 |
|
3.7 |
|
2.4 |
| Brazil |
2.8 |
|
2.9 |
|
1.7 |
| Bulgaria |
5.8 |
|
7.3 |
|
4.7 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Chinese Taipei |
3.6 |
|
3.7 |
|
5.3 |
| Colombia |
4.0 |
|
4.5 |
|
3.8 |
| Croatia |
3.7 |
|
3.4 |
|
4.6 |
| Dubai-UAE |
1.5 |
|
1.7 |
|
2.3 |
| Hong Kong-China |
2.8 |
|
3.3 |
|
4.4 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Indonesia |
3.9 |
|
3.8 |
|
3.3 |
| Jordan |
4.1 |
|
4.7 |
|
6.2 |
| Kazakhstan |
3.4 |
|
3.2 |
|
2.7 |
| Kyrgyz Republic |
3.2 |
|
3.8 |
|
2.7 |
| Latvia |
3.1 |
|
3.4 |
|
3.2 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Liechtenstein |
4.5 |
|
4.5 |
|
7.1 |
| Lithuania |
2.6 |
|
2.8 |
|
2.8 |
| Macao-China |
1.2 |
|
1.3 |
|
1.7 |
| Montenegro, Republic of |
2.1 |
|
2.1 |
|
2.6 |
| Panama |
7.3 |
|
7.0 |
|
6.7 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Peru |
4.9 |
|
4.2 |
|
4.7 |
| Qatar |
1.0 |
|
1.3 |
|
1.8 |
| Romania |
4.3 |
|
4.6 |
|
4.4 |
| Russian Federation |
3.4 |
|
3.6 |
|
2.7 |
| Serbia, Republic of |
2.5 |
|
3.3 |
|
3.0 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Shanghai-China |
2.3 |
|
3.0 |
|
2.9 |
| Singapore |
1.5 |
|
1.7 |
|
2.3 |
| Thailand |
3.1 |
|
3.3 |
|
3.8 |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
1.6 |
|
1.9 |
|
2.5 |
| Tunisia |
3.0 |
|
3.2 |
|
2.2 |
| Uruguay |
2.8 |
|
3.2 |
|
3.1 |
| SOURCE: Fleischman, H.L., Hopstock, P.J., Pelczar, M.P., and Shelley, B.E. (2010). Highlights From PISA 2009: Performance of U.S. 15-Year-Old Students in Reading, Mathematics, and Science Literacy in an International Context (NCES 2011-004), table 4; data from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), 2009. |
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