Difference in the percentage of 15-year-old students who reported reading for enjoyment, by sex and country in the G-8 countries: 2000 and 2009

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Table D.1.10.

Difference in the percentage of 15-year-old students who reported reading for enjoyment, by sex and country in the G-8 countries: 2000 and 2009

Difference in percentage points	Canada		France		Germany		Italy		Japan		Russian Federation		United Kingdom		United States
Male - female difference
2000	-20	*	-18	*	-25	*	-15	*	#		-11	*	—		-18	*
2009	-25	*	-18	*	-27	*	-25	*	-5	*	-16	*	-19	*	-22	*
2009 - 2000 difference
Male	-1		-8	*	#		-8	*	9	*	-4	*	—		-3
Female	5	*	-9	*	2		2		13	*	1		—		1
— Not available. Data for the United Kingdom in 2000 are not reported due to low response rates.
# Rounds to zero.
* p < .05 (diffference in percentage points is statistically significant).
NOTE: Negative values for the male - female difference indicate a lower percentage of 15-year-old male students who reported reading for enjoyment in 2000 or 2009. Negative values for the 2009 - 2000 difference indicate a lower percentage of 15-year-old students who reported reading for enjoyment in 2009 for males or females.
SOURCE: Miller, D.C., and Warren, L.K. (2011). Comparative Indicators of Education in the United States and Other G-8 Countries: 2011 (NCES 2012-007), table 12-1. U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

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