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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:
28 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Chile18.4%
2 Slovakia13.1%
3 Turkiye10.3%
4 Italy9.5%
5 Poland9.3%
6 Hungary8.9%
7 New Zealand8.7%
8 Denmark8.5%
9 United States8.0%
10 Czech Republic7.6%
11 Latvia7.5%
12 Australia6.6%
13 Spain6.5%
14 Canada6.1%
15 Portugal5.4%
16 Sweden5.2%
17 Germany4.8%
18 Norway4.7%
19 France4.6%
20 Ireland4.5%
21 Netherlands4.3%
22 Lithuania4.2%
23 Austria3.9%
24 United Kingdom3.8%
25 Finland3.7%
26 Belgium3.4%
27 Japan 2.8%
28 Republic of Korea1.4%

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

No data for 10 countries.

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

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -4.866646 X +6.985
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.297
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.088

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -271290.958578 X +62154.475
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.393
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.154

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -45.299839 X +83.161
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.470
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.221

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = 1.770229 X +1.414
Correlation coefficient (r)0.276
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.076

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -48.252936 X +13.690
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.408
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.166