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Question: About how often are you absent from school?
Choices: "Once a week" "Once every two weeks" "Once a month" "Once every two months" "Never or almost never"
Data: % of "Once a week"
Period:
Area:
10 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy9.5%
2 United States8.0%
4 Canada6.1%
6 Germany4.8%
7 France4.6%
8 United Kingdom3.8%
9 Japan2.8%

Note
Belgium: The Flemish Community only. United Kingdom: England only.

Source
TIMSS 2019 > International Database > TIMSS 2019 Data Almanacs - Grade 4

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 1.532306 X +6.497
Correlation coefficient (r)0.125
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 237788.139163 X +37282.128
Correlation coefficient (r)0.366
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.134

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -37.225171 X +83.620
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.421
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.177

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -1.157864 X +1.540
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.130
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -28.967652 X +11.099
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.204
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.042