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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:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden6.2%
2 Italy5.1%
3 Australia5.0%
4 United States3.8%
5 France 3.6%
6 United Kingdom2.5%
7 Japan1.6%
8 Republic of Korea0.3%

Note
United Kingdom: England only.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
TIMSS 2019 > International Database > TIMSS 2019 Data Almanacs - Grade 8

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 18.118859 X +5.979
Correlation coefficient (r)0.780
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.608

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 415037.247562 X +33610.942
Correlation coefficient (r)0.505
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.255

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -12.112390 X +82.488
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.093
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 10.982947 X +1.087
Correlation coefficient (r)0.647
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.419

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -134.878229 X +16.286
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.523
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.274