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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%
3 Australia6.6%
4 Canada6.1%
5 Sweden5.2%
6 Germany4.8%
7 France 4.6%
8 United Kingdom3.8%
9 Japan2.8%
10 Republic of Korea1.4%

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 data10
Regression equation
Y = 6.039524 X +6.336
Correlation coefficient (r)0.350
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.122

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 287064.970222 X +33773.570
Correlation coefficient (r)0.477
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.228

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -37.783278 X +83.995
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.394
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.155

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 4.630675 X +1.235
Correlation coefficient (r)0.374
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.140

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -102.658752 X +16.520
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.535
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.286