IEA: Percentage of fourth-grade students by their science teachers' sex, science teachers' age, and jurisdiction: 2007

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Table C.2.03a.

IEA: Percentage of fourth-grade students by their science teachers' sex, science teachers' age, and jurisdiction: 2007

† Not applicable.
Jurisdiction	Sex					Age
Jurisdiction	Male		s.e.	Female	s.e.	29 years or under		s.e.	30-39 years	s.e.	40-49 years		s.e.	50 years or older		s.e.
International average	21		0.5	79	0.5	16		0.5	30	0.6	30		0.6	24		0.5

Algeria	42		4.5	58	4.5	6	!	1.9	45	4.6	44		4.4	5	!	1.8
Armenia	15		3.3	85	3.3	15		3.0	20	3.2	26		3.2	39		4.4
Australia	23		3.7	77	3.7	21		3.8	17	3.0	30		3.9	32		3.3
Austria	12		2.2	88	2.2	9		2.1	19	2.5	37		3.0	34		2.9
Chinese Taipei	35		4.5	65	4.5	15		3.3	41	4.2	38		4.1	6	!	2.0

Colombia	23		3.4	77	3.4	18		4.0	28	5.1	33		4.1	22		4.1
Czech Republic	9		2.1	91	2.1	11		2.5	26	2.8	38		3.1	25		3.0
Denmark	55		4.4	45	4.4	9		2.0	30	4.4	27		4.2	33		4.2
El Salvador	28		4.1	72	4.1	14		2.8	38	3.8	39		3.7	9		2.6
England	30		3.3	70	3.3	31		3.8	28	3.3	25		3.5	16		2.9

Georgia	‡		†	99	0.6	7	!	2.2	16	2.3	27		3.9	50		4.4
Germany	14		2.3	86	2.3	9		1.9	25	2.7	22		2.8	44		3.1
Hong Kong SAR¹	29		3.7	71	3.7	38		4.4	33	4.4	18		3.3	11		2.9
Hungary	5	!	1.7	95	1.7	5	!	1.9	20	2.7	45		3.3	30		3.5
Iran, Islamic Rep. of	47		2.7	53	2.7	14		2.4	40	4.1	40		3.9	7		1.6

Italy	3	!	0.9	97	0.9	4	!	1.4	20	2.3	37		3.0	39		3.1
Japan	38		3.6	62	3.6	14		2.8	18	3.0	41		3.9	27		3.4
Kazakhstan	6		1.7	94	1.7	11		3.0	34	3.7	34		5.2	22		4.6
Kuwait²	12		2.6	88	2.6	55		4.8	37	4.7	7	!	2.4	‡		†
Latvia	#		†	100	#	6		1.7	31	3.6	34		3.1	29		3.4

Lithuania	2	!	0.8	98	0.8	‡		†	34	3.0	39		3.5	26		3.3
Morocco	53		3.8	47	3.8	16		3.0	29	3.5	36		3.9	18		3.0
Netherlands	42		4.1	58	4.1	24		3.5	19	3.1	15		3.0	42		3.9
New Zealand	24		2.4	76	2.4	28		2.6	28	2.3	23		2.1	20		2.4
Norway	18		2.4	82	2.4	10		2.0	28	2.8	20		2.6	42		2.9

Qatar	8		0.1	92	0.1	30		0.1	50	0.2	17		0.1	3		#
Russian Federation	‡		†	99	0.9	7	!	2.3	34	3.3	37		3.6	22		2.4
Scotland	8		2.2	92	2.2	23		3.7	21	2.8	23		2.8	33		3.4
Singapore	28		2.3	72	2.3	42		3.0	35	3.1	16		2.3	7		1.5
Slovak Republic	6		1.5	94	1.5	10		2.1	31	3.4	29		3.4	29		2.9

Slovenia	2	!	0.7	98	0.7	14		1.9	21	2.4	48		3.0	17		2.5
Sweden	19		2.8	81	2.8	8		1.8	27	3.1	26		2.7	39		3.1
Tunisia	44		3.9	56	3.9	8		2.0	40	4.2	39		3.6	13		2.7
Ukraine	#		†	100	#	8		1.8	32	3.7	38		3.9	22		2.8
United States	12		*1.7*	88	*1.7*	19		*2.0*	31	*2.6*	21		*2.3*	29		*2.3*
Yemen	76		3.7	24	3.7	29		4.5	66	4.9	‡		†	‡		†

Benchmarking jurisdictions
Alberta, Canada	19		3.0	81	3.0	16		3.1	27	3.9	29		4.2	28		3.5
British Columbia, Canada²	18		3.0	82	3.0	10		2.8	33	4.1	21		3.0	35		3.8
Dubai, UAE³	19		3.4	81	3.4	27		4.2	42	3.9	26		4.7	6	!	2.9
Massachusetts, US	9	!	3.1	91	3.1	21		3.7	27	6.0	24		5.5	28		5.9
Minnesota, US	25		6.7	75	6.7	13		3.8	24	5.7	23	!	7.3	40		7.5

Ontario, Canada	17		3.3	83	3.3	14		3.2	34	5.0	29		5.0	23		4.3
Quebec, Canada	12		3.1	88	3.1	14		2.8	30	3.8	33		4.2	23		3.5
# Rounds to zero.
! Interpret data with caution. (Estimates are unstable.)
‡ Reporting standards not met.
¹Hong Kong is a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China.
²Data are available for at least 70 but less than 85 percent of students.
³Data are available for at least 50 but less than 70 percent of students.
NOTE: Background data provided by teachers who provided science lessons to students. In the U.S. and most countries fourth-grade mathematics classrooms are the same as science classrooms. While most U.S. fourth-graders have one teacher for mathematics and science, there is a small proportion that have a different teacher for each subject. The international average is the average of the jurisdiction averages but does not include the benchmarking jurisdictions. Benchmarking jurisdictions are subnational entities that followed the same international guidelines as countries to participate in TIMSS. Apparent differences may not be statistically significant. Standard error is noted by s.e. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: Data from the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), 2007. Mullis, I.V.S., Martin, M.O., and Foy, P. (2008). TIMSS 2007 International Science Report: Findings from IEA's Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study at the Fourth and Eighth Grades, exhibit 6.1. Chestnut Hill, MA: Boston College (14MB).