Percentage of ninth-grade students who reported participating in various civic-related organizations in the Civic Education Study, by jurisdiction: 1999

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Table D.1.07.

Percentage of ninth-grade students who reported participating in various civic-related organizations in the Civic Education Study, by jurisdiction: 1999

Jurisdiction	Student government¹			Youth organization affiliated with a political party or union			Environmental organization			Human rights organization			Group conducting voluntary activities to help the community			Charity collecting money for social cause
Jurisdiction	Percent	s.e.		Percent	s.e.		Percent	s.e.		Percent	s.e.		Percent	s.e.		Percent	s.e.
International average	28	0.2	*	5	0.1	*	15	0.2	*	6	0.1		18	0.2	*	28	0.2	*

Australia	34	1.4		4	0.4	*	19	1.0	*	4	0.6		33	1.3	*	47	1.4	*
Belgium-French	22	1.5	*	6	0.7	*	15	1.3	*	8	1.0		17	1.0	*	26	1.5	*
Bulgaria	14	1.0	*	4	0.6	*	9	0.9	*	9	0.8		8	0.8	*	12	1.0	*
Chile	19	1.0	*	4	0.4	*	21	1.1		5	0.5		33	1.4	*	24	1.0	*
Colombia	24	1.4	*	4	0.5	*	40	1.6	*	13	1.3	*	34	1.1	*	26	1.4	*

Cyprus	57	1.1	*	25	1.0	*	20	0.9		22	1.2	*	22	0.9	*	48	1.3	*
Czech Republic	13	0.9	*	1	0.2	*	13	1.3	*	2	0.3	*	22	1.0	*	18	1.4	*
Denmark	44	1.3	*	4	0.4	*	6	0.6	*	5	0.5		32	1.0	*	63	1.2	*
England	19	0.9	*	6	0.5	*	13	0.8	*	5	0.6		25	1.0	*	55	1.4	*
Estonia	21	1.2	*	3	0.4	*	8	0.7	*	4	0.4		8	0.6	*	10	0.9	*

Finland	22	1.2	*	2	0.3	*	6	0.7	*	2	0.4	*	6	0.6	*	24	1.0	*
Germany	13	0.8	*	5	0.5	*	10	0.9	*	2	0.3	*	16	0.9	*	23	1.2	*
Greece	59	1.0	*	9	0.6		32	1.2	*	16	0.7	*	29	1.0	*	53	1.1	*
Hong Kong SAR	45	1.1	*	5	0.5	*	12	0.7	*	6	0.4		34	1.1	*	37	1.2
Hungary	32	1.5		4	0.4	*	28	1.4		3	0.4	*	23	1.0	*	18	1.1	*

Italy	16	0.7	*	3	0.3	*	7	0.6	*	3	0.3	*	8	0.6	*	6	0.5	*
Latvia	18	1.0	*	2	0.6	*	7	1.0	*	5	0.9		12	1.0	*	9	0.9	*
Lithuania	23	1.0	*	1	0.3	*	16	1.4	*	4	0.4		7	0.5	*	14	1.0	*
Norway	47	1.2	*	6	0.5	*	16	0.9	*	6	0.5		18	0.9	*	84	0.8	*
Poland	19	0.9	*	1	0.3	*	14	1.6	*	3	0.5	*	5	0.6	*	9	0.8	*

Portugal	25	1.1	*	2	0.3	*	25	1.1		10	1.0	*	9	0.7	*	20	1.0	*
Romania	37	2.2		2	0.3	*	13	0.9	*	8	0.8		10	1.0	*	13	0.9	*
Russian Federation	43	1.9	*	2	0.4	*	12	1.6	*	4	0.8		11	1.5	*	7	1.1	*
Slovak Republic	3	0.4	*	1	0.2	*	5	0.7	*	1	0.2	*	6	0.7	*	5	0.9	*
Slovenia	18	0.9	*	1	0.2	*	15	0.8	*	4	0.5		11	0.8	*	33	1.5	*

Sweden	49	1.8	*	7	0.6		15	1.2	*	5	0.7		8	1.0	*	25	1.7	*
Switzerland	8	0.7	*	4	0.5	*	10	0.8	*	3	0.3	*	12	0.7	*	27	1.2	*
United States	33	*1.5*		10	*0.9*		24	*1.2*		6	*0.6*		50	*1.4*		40	*1.5*

*p <.05. Percentage is significantly different from U.S. percentage.

¹Student government includes student council, student government, and class or school parliament.

NOTE: Jurisdictions were instructed to select the grade in which most 14-year-olds were enrolled at the time of the study. In the United States, as in most jurisdictions, this was 9th grade. Apparent differences may not be statistically significant. See Wirt et al. (2003) for information on definitions and methodology.

SOURCE: Data from the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) Civic Education Study, 1999. Wirt, J., Choy, S., Provasnik, S., Rooney, P., Sen, A., and Tobin, R. (2003). The Condition of Education 2003 (NCES 2003-067), table 16-1 and table S16-1. National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC.

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