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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:
18 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Israel10.8%
2 Chile9.3%
3 New Zealand6.7%
4 Sweden 6.2%
5 Turkiye5.5%
6 Italy5.1%
7 Australia5.0%
8 Finland4.3%
9 United States3.8%
10 France3.6%
11 Ireland3.5%
12 Hungary3.3%
13 Lithuania3.1%
14 Norway2.7%
15 United Kingdom2.5%
16 Portugal2.1%
17 Japan1.6%
18 Republic of Korea0.3%

Note
United Kingdom: England only.

No data for 20 countries.

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

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 6.593245 X +6.341
Correlation coefficient (r)0.261
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.068

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -72143.156332 X +49912.259
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.069
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -2.901586 X +80.861
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.023
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 11.821678 X +1.084
Correlation coefficient (r)0.724
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.524

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -89.029854 X +14.461
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.477
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.228