Education in States and Nations: 1991
(ESN) Table 18a: Percentage of 13-year-old students who report spending 2 hours or more on homework daily and watching 2 hours or more of television daily, by country: 1991
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Percent of students who do Percent of students who
2 hours or more watch TV 2 hours
Country of homework daily or more daily
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Sao Paulo and Fortaleza, Brazil 47 72
Canada 27 82
China 44 35
England 33 83
France 55 49
Hungary 58 89
Ireland 63 71
Israel 50 89
Emilia Romagna, Italy 79 74
Jordan 56 65
Korea 41 76
Portugal 30 78
Scotland 14 90
Slovenia 28 68
Soviet Union 52 88
Spain 64 74
Switzerland 20 59
Taiwan 41 68
United States 29 84
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NOTE: See supplemental note to Indicator 18 for details on data and sample sizes from Canada, Emilia Romagna (Italy), England, Israel, Portugal, Scotland, the Soviet Union, Spain, Switzerland, and the United States; and for discussions of student time spent doing homework and watching television, the International Assessment of Educational Progress (IAEP), the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), and comparing the IAEP and the NAEP.
SOURCE: Educational Testing Service, International Assessment of Educational Progress, Learning Mathematics, Figure 4.3.
Figure 18b
Table 18b