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                        |          |          | Percent of |Percent of|Percent of| Percent of |  Percent of
                        | Average  |Percent of|  students  |students  | students | students   |  students
        Country         | percent  | students |with 2 hours|who watch |who never | who take a |with positive
                        | correct  | who read |  or more   |TV 5 hours| conduct  |science quiz|  attitudes
                        |on science| for fun  |  homework  | or more  | experi-  | at least   |   towards
                        |  test    |every day |   daily    |  daily   |  ments   |once a week |   science
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           1            |     2    |     3    |     4      |     5    |     6    |     7      |     8
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Populations             |          |          |            |          |          |            |
 (comprehensive)        |          |          |            |          |          |            |
                        |          |          |            |          |          |            |
Korea.................. |  78 (0.5)|  11 (0.8)|  38 (1.5)  |  10 (0.8)|  35 (1.7)|  21 (1.6)  |  27 (1.3)
Taiwan..................|  76 (0.4)|  17 (1.1)|  44 (1.3)  |   7 (0.7)|  25 (1.3)|  67 (1.2)  |  51 (1.2)
Switzerland\1\..........|  74 (0.9)|  49 (1.2)|  21 (1.3)  |   7 (0.6)|  36 (1.7)|  18 (1.2)  |  59 (1.5)
Hungary.................|  73 (0.5)|  44 (1.3)|  61 (1.5)  |  16 (1.1)|  31 (1.7)|  27 (1.6)  |  69 (1.2)
(Former) Soviet Union\2\|  71 (1.0)|  48 (1.1)|  52 (1.6)  |  19 (1.3)|  13 (0.8)|  88 (1.2)  |  66 (1.4)
Slovenia................|  70 (0.5)|  43 (1.5)|  27 (1.4)  |   5 (0.6)|  22 (1.5)|  18 (1.0)  |  78 (1.2)
Israel\3\...............|  70 (0.7)|  40 (1.4)|  49 (1.4)  |  20 (1.2)|  35 (1.4)|  28 (1.9)  |  62 (1.6)
Canada\4\...............|  69 (0.4)|  36 (0.9)|  26 (0.9)  |  15 (0.7)|  13 (0.7)|  26 (1.1)  |  62 (1.0)
France..................|  69 (0.6)|  39 (1.5)|  55 (1.6)  |   4 (0.5)|  20 (1.7)|  47 (1.4)  |  55 (1.3)
Scotland................|  68 (0.6)|  37 (1.4)|  15 (1.5)  |  23 (1.3)|   3 (0.3)|  11 (1.0)  |  66 (1.2)
Spain\5\ ...............|  68 (0.6)|  34 (1.5)|  62 (1.9)  |  11 (0.9)|  51 (2.3)|  42 (2.6)  |  78 (1.4)
United States...........|  67 (1.0)|  29 (1.4)|  31 (1.6)  |  22 (1.7)|  25 (1.9)|  69 (2.0)  |  57 (2.1)
Ireland ................|  63 (0.6)|  40 (1.3)|  66 (1.6)  |   9 (0.9)|  27 (2.1)|  18 (1.1)  |  57 (1.4)
Jordan..................|  57 (0.7)|  22 (1.0)|  54 (2.0)  |  10 (0.9)|  26 (1.4)|  73 (1.8)  |  82 (1.0)
                        |          |          |            |          |          |            |
                        |          |          |            |          |          |            |
Populations             |          |          |            |          |          |            |
 (with exclusions or    |          |          |            |          |          |            |
 low participation)     |          |          |            |          |          |            |
                        |          |          |            |          |          |            |
Italy\6\................|  70 (0.7)|  45 (1.4)|  78 (1.2)  |   7 (0.8)|  59 (1.9)|   9 (1.0)  |  73 (1.4)
England.................|  69 (1.2)|  36 (1.8)|  26 (2.8)  |  23 (1.7)|   2 (0.6)|   8 (0.9)  |  66 (2.9)
China\7\................|  67 (1.1)|  28 (1.4)|  35 (2.1)  |   2 (0.4)|  29 (2.4)|  42 (2.2)  |  74 (1.7)
Portugal................|  63 (0.8)|  47 (1.2)|  30 (1.7)  |  11 (0.9)|  48 (1.7)|  34 (2.0)  |  71 (1.4)
Brazil, Sao Paulo.......|  53 (0.6)|  31 (1.1)|  48 (1.9)  |  18 (1.1)|  35 (1.6)|  45 (1.2)  |  69 (1.3)
Brazil, Fortaleza.......|  46 (0.6)|  41 (1.2)|  50 (2.0)  |  20 (1.5)|  44 (1.9)|  55 (1.9)  |  74 (1.3)
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1 Fifteen cantons.

2 Schools in 14 republics, where instruction is in Russian.

3 Schools where instruction is in Hebrew.

4 Nine provinces.

5 Schools where instruction is in Spanish, in all regions except Cataluna.

6 Emilia-Romagna province only.

7 Twenty provinces and independent cities.

NOTE.--Standard errors appear in parentheses.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, International Assessment of Educational Progress, "Learning Science," by Educational Testing Service. (This table was prepared February, 1992.)