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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:
57 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Philippines 32.4%
2 Saudi Arabia27.7%
3 Kuwait27.5%
4 Pakistan25.8%
5 South Africa24.3%
6 Armenia21.8%
7 Georgia21.5%
8 Kazakhstan21.2%
9 Qatar21.0%
10 Oman20.6%
11 North Macedonia19.8%
12 Bahrain19.0%
13 Chile18.4%
14 United Arab Emirates17.1%
15 Iran15.3%
16 Kosovo15.2%
17 Azerbaijan15.0%
18 Bosnia and Herzegovina13.3%
19 Slovakia13.1%
20 Morocco12.5%
21 Montenegro11.8%
22 Bulgaria10.8%
23 Turkiye10.3%
24 Albania10.1%
25 Italy9.5%
26 Poland9.3%
26 Serbia9.3%
28 Hungary8.9%
29 New Zealand8.7%
30 Denmark8.5%
31 United States8.0%
32 Czech Republic7.6%
33 Latvia7.5%
34 Australia6.6%
34 Croatia6.6%
36 Spain6.5%
37 Malta6.4%
38 Canada6.1%
39 Russian Federation5.8%
40 Portugal5.4%
40 Singapore5.4%
42 Sweden5.2%
43 Germany4.8%
44 Norway4.7%
45 France4.6%
46 Ireland4.5%
47 Hong Kong, China4.3%
47 Netherlands4.3%
49 Lithuania4.2%
50 Cyprus4.1%
51 Austria3.9%
52 United Kingdom3.8%
53 Finland3.7%
54 Belgium3.4%
55 Taiwan3.3%
56 Japan2.8%
57 Republic of Korea1.4%

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

No data for 181 countries.

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

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data55
Regression equation
Y = -4.897751 X +6.769
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.468
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.219

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data57
Regression equation
Y = -160131.908228 X +49358.510
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.515
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.265

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data56
Regression equation
Y = -38.686773 X +82.517
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.670
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.449

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data56
Regression equation
Y = 4.406546 X +1.187
Correlation coefficient (r)0.700
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.490

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data54
Regression equation
Y = -33.486460 X +15.220
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.421
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.177