EDUCATION INDICATORS: An International Perspective

Notes on Figures and Tables for Indicator 2

Austria and Denmark

Children in day care are excluded.

Czech Republic

There are no kindergartens outside the public sector.

Germany

Table 2 shows a net enrollment rate of 115.1 for 6-year-olds. This overstated figure is due to the fact that the Microcensus, which is the same for these data, was conducted at the beginning of May while the population data are from January 1st.

Hungary

Figures are estimates.

Japan

Only kindergartens are included. Day nurseries, which are social welfare institutions, are excluded.

Supplemental Table 1: Coefficients used for calculating full-time equivalent numbers, by level of education and country: 1992

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                                                        Nonuniversity     
                                      Lower      Upper     higher       University
Country        Preprimary  Primary  secondary  secondary  education     education
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G-7
Canada            2.00      1.00       1.00       1.00       3.00          3.00
France            1.00      1.00       1.00       1.00       1.00          1.00
West Germany      1.00      1.00       1.00       1.00       2.00          2.00
(former)
Italy             1.00      1.00       1.00       1.00       1.00          1.00
Japan             1.00      1.00       1.00       1.00       2.00          2.00
United Kingdom    1.00      1.00       1.00       2.00       2.86          2.86
United States     2.00      1.00       1.00       1.00       3.00          2.82
Other
Australia         1.00      1.00       3.37       1.00       4.66          3.89
Austria           1.00      1.00       1.00       1.00       2.00          2.00
Belgium           1.00      1.00       1.00       1.00       2.00          2.00
Czech Republic    1.00      1.00       1.00       1.00       2.00          2.00
Denmark           1.00      1.00       1.00       1.00       1.00          1.00
Finland           1.00      1.00       1.00       1.00       1.00          1.00
Hungary           1.00      1.00       1.00       1.00       1.00          1.00
Ireland           1.00      1.00       1.00       2.00       2.00          2.00
Luxembourg        1.00      1.00       1.00       1.00       2.00          2.00
Netherlands       1.00      1.00       2.01       2.00       2.00          2.00
New Zealand       2.00      1.00       2.00       2.00       2.00          2.00
Norway            1.00      1.00       1.00       1.00       2.00          2.00
Portugal          1.00      1.00       1.00       1.00       2.00          2.00
Spain             1.00      1.00       1.00       2.00       2.00          2.00
Sweden            1.00      2.00       2.00       2.00       1.00          1.00
Switzerland       1.00      1.00       1.00       1.00       2.00          2.00
Turkey            1.00      1.00       1.00       1.00       2.00          2.00
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SOURCE: Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, Center for Educational Research and Innovation, International Indicators Project, 1995.

Poland

Age 3 refers to ages 3-5.

Spain

Participation rates are higher than 100 percent because there are more registered pupils than children according to demographic projections from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development's INES Project.

United Kingdom

Children in day-care facilities are excluded. Ages are recorded in August rather than in December.

Technical Notes

Calculation of Enrollment Rates

The enrollment rate is calculated by dividing the number of enrollments at a given level of education and in a specified age range, by the whole population in the same age range.