(27KB)| Table 390. | Civic knowledge and civic engagement of 14-year-old students, by country: 1999 |
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| | Percentage of| Percentage of students who believe that it is important or
| | students who say| very important that a good citizen:
| | that they are|________________________________________________________________
| | very likely or| | | | Participates in|Takes part in
| Civics| likely to vote| Votes| Joins a| Engages in| activities to|activities to
| scale| in national| in every|political| political| benefit people| protect the
Country | score| elections| election| party| discussions| in the community| environment
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OECD countries | | | | | | |
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Australia .......................| 102 (0.8)| 85 (1.0)| 89 (0.8)| 17 (1.0)| 34 (1.1)| 80 (1.0)| 74 (1.1)
Belgium (French)\1\ .............| 95 (0.9)| 69 (2.0)| 82 (1.4)| 24 (1.0)| 39 (1.4)| 54 (2.0)| 71 (1.7)
Czech Republic ..................| 103 (0.8)| 65 (1.7)| 66 (1.1)| 18 (1.0)| 29 (1.4)| 78 (0.9)| 84 (1.0)
Denmark\1\ ......................| 100 (0.5)| 91 (0.7)| 60 (1.0)| 17 (0.8)| 44 (0.9)| 86 (0.8)| 83 (0.7)
England .........................| 99 (0.6)| 80 (1.0)| 76 (1.1)| 20 (0.9)| 42 (1.3)| 78 (1.0)| 76 (1.1)
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Finland .........................| 109 (0.7)| 87 (0.7)| 59 (1.2)| 13 (0.8)| 23 (1.1)| 60 (1.0)| 74 (1.0)
Germany\2\ ......................| 100 (0.5)| 67 (1.1)| 69 (0.9)| 18 (0.7)| 43 (1.2)| 85 (0.9)| 72 (1.2)
Greece ......................... | 108 (0.8)| 86 (0.9)| 94 (0.6)| 49 (1.0)| 59 (1.0)| 90 (0.7)| 89 (0.7)
Hungary .........................| 102 (0.6)| 91 (0.7)| 81 (0.9)| 29 (0.9)| 21 (0.8)| 89 (0.6)| 77 (1.0)
Italy ...........................| 105 (0.8)| 80 (1.1)| 84 (0.7)| 32 (1.0)| 49 (1.0)| 82 (0.7)| 79 (0.8)
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Norway\1\ .......................| 103 (0.5)| 87 (0.7)| 71 (0.9)| 21 (0.8)| 37 (1.0)| 83 (0.8)| 91 (0.6)
Poland ..........................| 111 (1.7)| 88 (1.2)| 91 (0.8)| 35 (1.2)| 53 (1.4)| 90 (0.8)| 77 (0.8)
Portugal ........................| 96 (0.7)| 88 (0.8)| 71 (0.9)| 36 (1.1)| 40 (1.0)| 94 (0.6)| 92 (0.6)
Slovak Republic .................| 105 (0.7)| 93 (0.6)| 91 (0.7)| 23 (1.3)| 51 (1.0)| 87 (0.8)| 87 (0.8)
Sweden ......................... | 99 (0.8)| 75 (1.4)| 78 (1.0)| 21 (0.9)| 37 (1.5)| 83 (1.2)| 81 (1.3)
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Switzerland .....................| 98 (0.8)| 55 (1.3)| 68 (1.2)| 23 (1.1)| 42 (1.2)| 76 (0.9)| 70 (1.2)
United States ...................| 106 (1.2)| 85 (1.0)| 83 (0.9)| 48 (1.4)| 58 (1.1)| 88 (0.8)| 83 (0.8)
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Non-OECD countries | | | | | | |
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Chile .......................... | 88 (0.7)| 74 (1.0)| 91 (0.6)| 46 (1.0)| 34 (1.1)| 88 (0.7)| 90 (0.5)
Russian Federation\3\ ...........| 100 (1.3)| 82 (1.0)| 80 (1.2)| 22 (1.4)| 28 (1.4)| 83 (1.1)| 81 (1.3)
Slovenia ........................| 101 (0.5)| 84 (1.0)| 80 (0.8)| 30 (0.9)| 38 (1.0)| 78 (0.8)| 73 (1.0)
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\1\Overall participation rate less than 85 percent. \2\National Desired Population does not cover all International Desired Population. \3\Did not meet age/grade specification. NOTE: The international mean for these scales was set at 100 with a standard deviation of 20. Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), IEA Civic Education Study, 2001. (This table was prepared August 2002).
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