Education in States and Nations: 1991

(ESN) Table 9a: Enrollment in public and private preprimary education, by age and country: 1991

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Country              3             4             5              6
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Austria           29.5          65.7          85.4           35.4
Belgium           96.5          99.4          97.7            3.5
Canada              **          24.1          35.1            4.1
Czechoslovakia    55.0          80.5          95.9           35.2
Denmark             **            **           4.0           89.8
Finland             **            **            **           58.4
France            98.0         100.0          99.2            1.4
Germany (West)    35.1          70.6          84.1           70.8
Hungary           63.8          88.4          94.2           59.9
Ireland            1.3          55.3          97.6           53.7
Japan             20.5          57.8          65.1             **
Netherlands         **          98.3          98.9            0.8
New Zealand       71.6          92.6           3.7             **
Norway            40.0          53.5          61.4           73.6
Portugal          28.2          44.0          63.0             **
Spain             27.6          93.5         100.0             **
Sweden              **            **            **           97.1
Switzerland        5.5          26.4          75.8           69.8
Turkey              **           0.3           1.7            8.0
United Kingdom    44.0          60.7            **             **
United States*    34.4          57.1          89.3           17.0
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*1990 data.
** Problems of definition render the calculation of participation rates infeasible.

NOTE: See supplemental note to Indicator 9 for details on data provided by Canada, Czechoslovakia, Finland, France, Ireland, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, and on the calculation of full-time equivalent enrollments. United States figures are estimated by using the April, 1990 U.S. Census totals for preprimary enrollment and allocating them to age levels according to the pattern found in the October, 1990 Current Population Survey. See technical note for a more detailed explanation.

SOURCE: Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, Center for Educational Research and Innovation, Education at a Glance, 1993, Table P12. U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population; Current Population Survey, October, 1990.

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