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                       |  5- to 13-year-olds as a  |  14- to 17-year-olds as a
                       |percent of total population|percent of total population
        Country        |---------------------------|---------------------------
                       |  1985  |  1990   |  1991  |  1985  |  1990   |  1991
-----------------------|--------|---------|--------|--------|---------|--------
           1           |   2    |    3    |   4    |   5    |    6    |   7
-----------------------|--------|---------|--------|--------|---------|--------
Australia .............|   14.5 |    13.1 |   13.0 |    6.6 |     6.4 |    6.1
Austria ...............|   10.9 |    10.4 |   10.5 |    6.4 |     5.1 |    4.9
Belgium ...............|   11.4 |    10.9 |   10.9 |    5.8 |     5.1 |    4.9
Canada ................|   12.8 |    12.4 |   12.5 |    6.1 |     5.5 |    5.5
Denmark ...............|   12.0 |    10.1 |    9.9 |    5.8 |     5.7 |    5.5
                       |        |         |        |        |         |
Finland ...............|   11.5 |    11.8 |   11.6 |    5.6 |     4.9 |    5.0
France ................|   12.8 |    12.1 |   12.1 |    6.2 |     5.8 |    5.5
Germany (former West) .|    9.1 |     8.7 |    8.9 |    6.1 |     4.1 |    4.0
Greece ................|    --- |     --- |    --- |    --- |     5.5 |    ---
Iceland ...............|   15.7 |    15.0 |    --- |    6.7 |     6.8 |    ---
                       |        |         |        |        |         |
Ireland ...............|   17.9 |    17.5 |   17.2 |    7.7 |     8.0 |    7.7
Italy .................|   12.7 |    10.3 |   10.1 |    6.5 |     6.0 |    5.9
Japan .................|   14.0 |    11.8 |   11.5 |    6.2 |     6.5 |    6.4
Luxembourg ............|   10.2 |    10.1 |    --- |    5.5 |     4.4 |    ---
Netherlands ...........|   12.0 |    10.7 |   10.7 |    6.8 |     5.4 |    5.1
                       |        |         |        |        |         |
New Zealand ...........|   15.3 |    13.5 |   13.4 |    7.5 |     6.7 |    6.4
Norway ................|   12.5 |    11.0 |   11.0 |    6.4 |     5.8 |    5.5
Portugal ..............|   15.3 |    14.3 |   13.7 |    6.9 |     6.8 |    6.9
Spain .................|   15.0 |    12.9 |   12.4 |    6.8 |     6.8 |    6.7
Sweden ................|   11.3 |    10.2 |   10.2 |    5.4 |     5.2 |    5.0
                       |        |         |        |        |         |
Switzerland ...........|   10.6 |    10.1 |   10.1 |    5.8 |     4.8 |    4.7
Turkey ................|   20.6 |    20.6 |   19.9 |    8.7 |     8.9 |    8.9
United Kingdom ........|   11.4 |    11.1 |   11.3 |    6.3 |     5.2 |    4.9
United States .........|   12.6 |    12.8 |   12.8 |    6.2 |     5.4 |    5.3
-----------------------|--------|---------|--------|--------|---------|--------

---Data not available.

SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Education at a Glance, and unpublished data. (This table was prepared May 1995.)