IEA: Percentage of fourth-grade students by their mathematics teachers' sex, mathematics teachers' age, and jurisdiction: 2007

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Table C.2.04a.

IEA: Percentage of fourth-grade students by their mathematics teachers' sex, mathematics teachers' age, and jurisdiction: 2007

† Not applicable.
Jurisdiction	Sex					Age
Jurisdiction	Male		s.e.	Female	s.e.	29 years or under		s.e.	30-39 years	s.e.	40-49 years		s.e.	50 years or older		s.e.
International average	21		0.5	79	0.5	16		0.4	31	0.6	29		0.5	24		0.5

Algeria	42		4.5	58	4.5	6	!	1.9	45	4.6	44		4.4	5	!	1.8
Armenia	15		3.3	85	3.3	15		3.0	20	3.2	26		3.2	39		4.4
Australia	20		3.4	80	3.4	21		3.9	18	3.4	29		4.1	32		3.4
Austria	11		2.0	89	2.0	8		2.1	21	2.7	36		2.8	34		2.8
Chinese Taipei	25		3.7	75	3.7	21		3.6	46	3.9	25		3.2	8		2.3

Colombia	24		4.3	76	4.3	13		3.6	28	4.9	30		4.0	29		4.5
Czech Republic	9		2.5	91	2.5	11		2.5	24	3.1	40		3.4	25		3.2
Denmark	51		4.0	49	4.0	9		1.9	30	4.2	24		3.9	37		4.3
El Salvador	30		4.2	70	4.2	14		2.7	38	3.9	40		4.0	8	!	2.6
England	31		3.5	69	3.5	31		3.8	29	3.4	23		3.4	16		3.0

Georgia	‡		†	99	0.8	4	!	1.5	17	2.6	29		3.9	50		3.8
Germany	15		2.1	85	2.1	9		1.8	20	2.7	16		2.5	56		3.1
Hong Kong SAR¹	41		4.1	59	4.1	38		3.8	37	4.1	11		2.9	13		2.7
Hungary	‡		†	95	1.7	5	!	1.9	20	2.7	45		3.3	30		3.5
Iran, Islamic Rep. of	47		2.7	53	2.7	14		2.4	40	4.1	40		3.9	7		1.6

Italy	3	!	0.9	97	0.9	4	!	1.4	20	2.3	37		3.0	39		3.1
Japan	35		3.1	65	3.1	13		2.5	20	3.1	39		3.5	28		3.5
Kazakhstan	6		1.7	94	1.7	11		3.0	34	3.7	34		5.2	22		4.6
Kuwait²	12		2.7	88	2.7	37		4.3	56	4.5	7	!	2.1	#		†
Latvia	#		†	100	0.3	5	!	1.6	27	3.1	39		3.2	29		3.1

Lithuania	2	!	0.8	98	0.8	‡		†	34	3.0	39		3.5	26		3.3
Morocco	50		4.3	50	4.3	21		3.0	29	3.7	35		3.6	15		2.9
Netherlands	42		4.1	58	4.1	24		3.5	19	3.1	15		3.0	42		3.9
New Zealand	25		2.4	75	2.4	27		2.6	29	2.1	23		2.0	21		2.2
Norway	18		2.4	82	2.4	10		2.0	28	2.8	20		2.6	42		2.9

Qatar	8		0.1	92	0.1	39		0.2	42	0.1	18		0.1	1		#
Russian Federation	‡		†	99	0.9	7	!	2.3	34	3.3	37		3.6	22		2.4
Scotland	8		1.8	92	1.8	23		3.6	21	3.1	23		2.8	33		3.4
Singapore	33		2.6	67	2.6	37		2.8	36	3.1	18		2.2	8		1.7
Slovak Republic	6		1.7	94	1.7	12		2.4	32	3.5	28		3.3	28		2.7

Slovenia	2	!	0.7	98	0.7	14		1.9	21	2.4	48		3.0	17		2.5
Sweden	18		2.9	82	2.9	7		1.8	26	3.1	26		2.5	41		3.3
Tunisia	34		3.4	66	3.4	8		2.0	47	4.2	35		3.4	10		1.8
Ukraine	#		†	100	#	8		1.8	32	3.7	38		3.9	22		2.8
United States	12		*1.7*	88	*1.7*	18		*2.0*	28	*2.3*	22		*2.1*	31		*2.1*
Yemen	74		3.9	26	3.9	29		4.0	61	4.7	8		2.3	‡		†

Benchmarking jurisdictions
Alberta, Canada	20		3.1	80	3.1	16		3.1	28	4.0	29		4.1	27		3.3
British Columbia, Canada	18		2.9	82	2.9	10		2.7	32	4.0	23		3.1	35		3.8
Dubai, UAE²	20		5.2	80	5.2	21		3.8	44	5.1	24		4.3	11	!	3.9
Massachusetts, US	7	!	2.9	93	2.9	23		4.2	28	5.5	23		5.6	26		5.7
Minnesota, US	25		5.6	75	5.6	8	!	3.4	29	5.3	22		5.4	41		7.2

Ontario, Canada	16		3.2	84	3.2	12		2.7	29	4.5	38		4.9	21		3.9
Quebec, Canada	13		3.0	87	3.0	12		2.5	30	3.6	33		4.2	25		3.8
# Rounds to zero.
! Interpret data with caution. (Estimates are unstable.)
‡ Reporting standards not met.
¹Hong Kong is a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China.
²Data are available for at least 70 but less than 85 percent of students.
NOTE: Background data provided by teachers who provided mathematics lessons to students. In the U.S. and most countries fourth-grade mathematics classrooms are the same as science classrooms. While most U.S. fourth-graders have one teacher for mathematics and science, there is a small proportion that have a different teacher for each subject. The international average is the average of the jurisdiction averages but does not include the benchmarking jurisdictions. Benchmarking jurisdictions are subnational entities that followed the same international guidelines as countries to participate in TIMSS. Apparent differences may not be statistically significant. Standard error is noted by s.e. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: Data from the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), 2007. Mullis, I.V.S., Martin, M.O., and Foy, P. (2008). TIMSS 2007 International Mathematics Report: Findings from IEA's Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study at the Fourth and Eighth Grades, exhibit 6.1. Chestnut Hill, MA: Boston College (15MB).