IEA: Percentage distribution and average achievement scores of fourth-grade students as reported in PIRLS, by parents' reports of the number of books in the home and country: 2006

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Table D.2.09.

IEA: Percentage distribution and average achievement scores of fourth-grade students as reported in PIRLS, by parents' reports of the number of books in the home and country: 2006

† Not applicable.
	More than 100 books				51-100 books				26-50 books				11-25 books				0-10 books
	Percent of students		Average achievement		Percent of students		Average achievement		Percent of students		Average achievement		Percent of students		Average achievement		Percent of students		Average achievement
Countries	Percent	s.e.	Score	s.e.	Percent	s.e.	Score	s.e.	Percent	s.e.	Score	s.e.	Percent	s.e.	Score	s.e.	Percent	s.e.	Score	s.e.
International average	13	0.1	553	1.0	19	0.1	532	0.9	25	0.1	510	0.8	21	0.1	489	0.7	22	0.2	462	1.0

Austria	14	0.8	579	2.8	24	0.8	561	2.9	34	0.7	537	2.2	19	0.9	516	2.6	9	0.6	489	4.4
Belgium (Flemish)	15	0.8	571	2.8	24	0.9	559	2.5	32	0.7	550	2.6	21	0.8	534	3.0	9	0.6	513	4.0
Belgium (French)	20	1.3	536	3.1	26	1.0	518	2.7	27	0.9	498	2.9	17	0.9	469	3.7	10	1.0	453	6.0
Bulgaria	5	0.5	606	5.6	11	0.8	590	6.0	24	1.3	571	3.9	25	1.0	549	4.5	34	2.3	514	7.2
Canada, Alberta¹	39	1.4	578	3.0	29	1.1	566	2.8	21	1.0	556	3.3	8	0.8	534	6.1	3	0.5	525	9.4

Canada, British Columbia¹	36	1.5	582	3.2	29	1.0	562	3.5	22	1.0	549	4.1	9	0.9	543	5.5	4	0.6	524	7.4
Canada, Nova Scotia	42	1.0	561	2.6	32	0.8	546	2.8	19	0.8	524	3.1	5	0.4	511	6.5	1	0.2	‡	†
Canada, Ontario	30	1.5	577	3.7	29	0.9	559	3.5	25	1.2	549	3.0	11	1.0	538	5.4	5	0.7	519	8.7
Canada, Quebec	17	1.0	561	3.9	28	1.1	544	3.5	31	0.9	529	3.9	18	1.1	522	3.7	7	0.7	504	4.3
Chinese Taipei	21	0.9	566	2.7	18	0.7	550	2.9	23	0.7	537	2.6	20	0.7	521	2.6	17	0.7	503	3.5

Denmark	25	0.9	568	3.7	32	1.1	552	2.6	26	0.8	540	3.3	11	0.7	531	4.7	6	0.6	514	6.3
England	‡	†	‡	†	‡	†	‡	†	‡	†	‡	†	‡	†	‡	†	‡	†	‡	†
France	19	1.0	560	2.6	28	0.9	538	2.7	28	0.8	518	2.4	17	0.8	497	3.4	8	0.7	468	4.1
Georgia	4	0.4	510	6.6	8	0.6	500	4.9	21	1.1	489	3.9	35	1.1	474	4.0	33	1.6	448	4.8
Germany	19	1.1	587	2.5	28	1.0	567	3.3	31	1.0	547	2.1	16	0.7	519	3.6	6	0.5	487	4.7

Hong Kong SAR²	9	0.8	582	3.3	13	0.8	579	3.3	25	0.9	570	2.4	26	0.8	561	2.7	26	1.2	551	3.7
Hungary	15	0.8	596	3.6	24	1.1	578	3.3	31	1.2	550	3.0	19	0.9	529	3.2	11	1.3	488	5.5
Iceland¹	28	0.7	537	2.3	41	0.8	517	2.1	26	0.8	501	2.9	5	0.4	481	5.9	1	0.1	‡	†
Indonesia	1	0.2	‡	†	1	0.2	‡	†	6	0.6	430	7.6	23	1.4	410	7.1	69	1.6	401	4.0
Iran, Islamic Rep. of	2	0.2	‡	†	4	0.4	507	6.8	11	0.7	476	5.0	21	0.9	444	3.6	62	1.6	398	3.4

Israel³	13	1.0	571	6.5	22	1.1	559	4.3	29	1.2	536	4.0	20	1.0	502	5.7	16	1.3	467	8.3
Italy	5	0.4	593	4.9	15	0.7	574	4.1	29	0.8	562	3.1	29	1.0	541	3.6	22	0.9	534	5.7
Kuwait¹	2	0.3	‡	†	3	0.4	369	12.6	15	0.8	370	6.8	27	0.8	353	5.5	53	1.2	318	5.8
Latvia	13	0.8	571	3.5	21	0.8	559	3.4	31	0.9	544	2.9	24	0.9	527	3.1	11	0.8	501	5.0
Lithuania	5	0.4	570	3.8	14	0.7	564	3.4	28	0.8	546	2.1	33	0.8	532	1.6	21	1.0	510	2.8

Luxembourg	20	0.5	601	2.0	24	0.6	576	1.9	25	0.6	556	2.3	19	0.5	531	2.3	11	0.4	506	2.7
Macedonia, Rep. of	4	0.4	464	10.9	9	0.6	472	7.7	27	1.0	478	5.1	31	0.9	444	4.4	28	1.3	406	5.1
Moldova, Rep. of	2	0.3	‡	†	5	0.6	529	8.4	16	1.0	523	4.4	29	1.1	505	3.4	47	1.6	486	4.0
Morocco	1	0.2	‡	†	1	0.2	‡	†	6	0.6	368	13.3	16	1.0	349	9.5	76	1.2	315	6.7
Netherlands³	17	1.1	577	3.7	29	1.2	563	2.2	31	1.1	552	2.0	17	1.0	542	2.9	6	0.7	517	7.2

New Zealand³	36	1.0	575	3.1	29	1.0	550	3.1	23	0.8	527	3.8	8	0.6	517	4.9	4	0.4	489	7.3
Norway	29	1.0	518	3.4	36	1.0	505	3.0	24	0.9	491	3.1	8	0.5	465	6.8	2	0.3	‡	†
Poland	6	0.5	570	6.3	16	0.6	546	3.5	35	0.8	526	3.2	30	0.8	506	3.0	12	0.8	481	5.3
Qatar¹	5	0.3	387	6.5	8	0.4	376	5.9	18	0.5	372	3.9	26	0.7	365	2.9	43	0.7	340	2.2
Romania	3	0.3	559	9.0	9	0.7	548	5.9	20	1.2	531	4.4	27	1.1	504	3.4	41	2.1	445	7.8

Russian Federation	11	0.8	596	4.1	19	0.8	584	4.1	32	1.1	572	3.3	26	0.9	549	4.2	12	0.8	522	5.6
Scotland³	32	1.4	573	5.2	29	1.2	548	5.5	26	1.0	520	4.5	10	0.8	510	5.7	3	0.5	468	13.7
Singapore	19	0.6	597	3.5	23	0.5	574	3.2	32	0.6	555	3.0	17	0.5	537	4.0	9	0.5	499	5.5
Slovak Republic	5	0.3	581	4.0	18	0.8	567	3.5	37	1.0	543	2.3	26	1.0	522	3.1	14	1.1	460	7.1
Slovenia	9	0.6	567	3.7	19	0.8	548	2.4	35	0.8	525	2.5	26	0.8	505	2.7	11	0.7	480	4.3

South Africa¹	4	0.3	367	19.2	6	0.5	360	16.4	13	0.6	344	12.3	23	0.5	305	6.0	54	1.1	286	4.2
Spain³	12	1.1	557	4.4	23	1.0	540	3.8	32	1.1	521	3.2	22	1.0	501	3.8	11	1.1	476	5.9
Sweden	28	1.1	572	3.0	32	0.9	553	2.3	25	0.8	544	3.2	11	0.8	529	3.8	4	0.6	506	7.1
Trinidad and Tobago	9	0.7	489	10.5	18	0.8	466	6.7	29	0.9	448	5.6	27	1.0	425	5.9	17	1.0	392	7.7
United States	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
‡ Reporting standards not met. Data are insufficient.
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: Background data provided by parents. The international average does not include the Canadian provinces. Standard error is noted by s.e.
SOURCE: Data from the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS), 2006. Mullis, I.V.S., Martin, M.O., Kennedy, A.M., and Foy, P. (2007). PIRLS 2006 International Report, exhibit 3.3. Chestnut Hill, MA: Boston College.