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

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Table C.2.03b.

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

! Interpret data with caution. (Estimates are unstable.)
	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	41	0.4	59	0.4	21		0.4	32	0.4	27		0.4	21		0.3

Algeria	46	3.6	54	3.6	7		1.9	35	3.0	52		3.3	6		1.5
Armenia	12	2.3	88	2.3	10		1.6	27	2.2	32		2.5	31		2.0
Australia	50	3.6	50	3.6	23		2.6	24	3.0	26		2.8	27		2.9
Bahrain	50	0.9	50	0.9	18		2.3	53	2.5	28		2.6	2	!	0.9
Bosnia and Herzegovina	38	2.0	62	2.0	10		1.5	21	1.8	25		1.9	44		2.3

Botswana	58	4.2	42	4.2	42		4.7	53	4.4	4	!	1.8	1	!	0.3
Bulgaria	16	1.7	84	1.7	4	!	1.5	25	2.6	30		2.5	41		2.5
Chinese Taipei	63	3.7	37	3.7	15		3.1	40	4.2	35		4.1	9		2.5
Colombia	36	4.9	64	4.9	15		3.0	29	4.4	29		4.0	27		5.4
Cyprus¹	38	1.3	62	1.3	13		0.6	15	0.9	47		0.9	25		0.8

Czech Republic	30	2.3	70	2.3	15		1.9	20	1.9	25		1.7	40		2.3
Egypt	59	4.2	41	4.2	20		3.5	39	3.9	38		4.0	‡		†
El Salvador	51	4.4	49	4.4	14		2.9	51	4.1	29		3.5	6		1.6
England	45	2.9	55	2.9	26		3.0	28	2.5	21		2.1	26		2.7
Georgia	8	1.2	92	1.2	5		1.2	23	2.3	33		2.3	40		3.1

Ghana	92	2.1	8	2.1	52		3.9	32	4.1	8		2.1	8		2.3
Hong Kong SAR²	63	4.7	37	4.7	23		4.0	39	4.5	27		4.3	12		3.2
Hungary	24	2.0	76	2.0	7		1.3	17	1.7	39		2.2	37		2.3
Indonesia	44	3.8	56	3.8	20		2.3	44	3.2	31		3.0	5		1.2
Iran, Islamic Rep. of	58	2.1	42	2.1	14		2.5	53	3.4	24		3.0	9		1.9

Israel	22	3.1	78	3.1	16		3.1	29	3.2	34		3.5	21		2.9
Italy	19	2.8	81	2.8	‡		†	10	1.9	22		2.3	67		2.9
Japan	84	3.0	16	3.0	19		3.1	25	3.6	32		4.0	25		3.7
Jordan	47	2.1	53	2.1	44		4.4	36	4.0	14		2.9	6	!	1.9
Korea, Rep. of	37	3.4	63	3.4	21		3.1	26	3.3	41		3.3	12		2.8

Kuwait¹	50	3.0	50	3.0	23		3.7	42	4.3	27		3.2	9		2.4
Lebanon	36	3.6	64	3.6	42		4.1	33	3.6	17		2.3	9		2.2
Lithuania	19	1.7	81	1.7	7		1.3	17	1.6	40		2.1	36		2.1
Malaysia	25	3.3	75	3.3	23		3.5	49	4.4	23		3.5	6	!	2.0
Malta	43	0.3	57	0.3	47		0.3	30	0.2	14		0.2	8		0.2

Norway	61	3.2	39	3.2	10		2.5	40	3.6	14		2.3	35		3.1
Oman	49	2.4	51	2.4	76		3.5	18	3.2	5	!	1.6	‡		†
Palestinian Nat'l Auth.	47	2.5	53	2.5	36		3.9	26	3.4	27		3.9	11		2.6
Qatar	51	0.2	49	0.2	22		0.1	51	0.2	18		0.1	9		0.1
Romania	28	2.2	72	2.2	13		1.5	22	1.9	23		1.9	42		2.6

Russian Federation	8	1.1	92	1.1	10		1.3	21	1.4	32		2.0	36		1.9
Saudi Arabia	51	2.0	49	2.0	24		3.3	63	3.8	13		3.0	‡		†
Scotland¹	49	2.3	51	2.3	20		2.0	15	1.7	26		2.5	38		2.1
Serbia	26	1.9	74	1.9	4		0.7	26	1.9	26		1.6	44		2.2
Singapore	36	2.4	64	2.4	44		2.5	29	2.3	13		1.5	14		1.6

Slovenia	18	1.7	82	1.7	9		1.6	24	2.0	43		2.4	24		2.4
Sweden	48	3.0	52	3.0	12		2.0	33	3.0	21		2.1	34		2.7
Syrian Arab Republic	32	3.0	68	3.0	35		3.2	26	2.7	33		3.2	6		1.5
Thailand	32	3.9	68	3.9	23		3.6	29	3.6	27		3.8	21		3.5
Tunisia	35	3.9	65	3.9	17		3.2	48	3.7	25		3.1	10		2.6

Turkey	51	4.4	49	4.4	33		3.6	36	4.0	17		3.4	14		3.2
Ukraine	14	1.7	86	1.7	12		1.7	26	2.2	29		1.9	33		2.1
United States	42	*3.0*	58	*3.0*	15		*2.4*	30	*2.7*	25		*2.4*	30		*3.0*

Benchmarking jurisdictions
Basque Country, Spain	44	4.8	56	4.8	5	!	2.3	20	3.4	47		4.6	28		4.1
British Columbia, Canada	54	4.2	46	4.2	15		2.6	41	3.5	24		3.7	20		3.1
Dubai, UAE³	38	4.1	62	4.1	15		2.9	49	4.6	23		5.5	13	!	4.3
Massachusetts, US	43	5.1	57	5.1	25		5.9	22	6.1	29		6.1	24		6.5
Minnesota, US	58	6.0	42	6.0	30		6.1	16	4.7	26		7.1	28		6.1

Ontario, Canada	45	4.1	55	4.1	24		4.3	45	4.4	20		3.9	12		2.8
Quebec, Canada	48	4.2	52	4.2	35		4.8	34	5.0	23		4.4	8	!	2.7
‡ Reporting standards not met.
¹Data are available for at least 70 but less than 85 percent of students.
²Hong Kong is a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China.
³Data are available for at least 50 but less than 70 percent of students.
NOTE: Morocco participated in 2007 but did not satisfy guidelines for sample participation rates and is therefore not shown. Background data provided by teachers who provided science lessons to students. The international average is the average of the jurisdiction averages but does not include the benchmarking jursidictions. 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).