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Table 2 Descriptive information at the country level, sample sizes and summary information for the selected variables for the period 2001–2006, OECD countries only

From: Is computer availability at home causally related to reading achievement in grade 4? A longitudinal difference in differences approach to IEA data from 1991 to 2006

Country

Study

Sample

V1. Read Ach

V2. Computer at home

V3. Borrow Books

V4. Books at home

V5. Girls

V6. Cntry Lang

n

Mean

SD

%

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

%

%

France

P01

3538

525

70

0.27

2.37

0.77

3.22

1.18

0.48

0.87

P06

4404

522

67

0.37

2.76

0.42

3.26

1.24

0.48

0.66

Germany

P01

7633

539

67

0.24

1.86

0.82

3.06

1.18

0.50

0.90

P06

7899

548

67

0.29

2.72

0.45

3.19

1.18

0.49

0.73

Hungary

P01

4666

543

66

0.27

1.79

0.77

3.45

1.25

0.51

0.96

P06

4068

551

70

0.46

2.66

0.47

3.13

1.21

0.50

0.75

Iceland

P01

3676

512

75

0.34

2.32

0.72

3.52

1.09

0.49

0.88

P06

3673

511

68

0.48

2.66

0.48

3.36

1.10

0.50

0.64

Israel

P01

3973

509

94

0.55

2.27

0.79

3.13

1.24

0.50

0.80

P06

3908

512

99

0.64

2.75

0.43

3.07

1.23

0.48

0.57

Italy

P01

3502

541

71

0.28

1.92

0.83

2.83

1.22

0.48

0.96

P06

3581

551

68

0.31

2.71

0.45

2.90

1.26

0.48

0.71

Netherlands

P01

4112

554

57

0.40

2.14

0.78

2.92

1.15

0.50

0.86

P06

4156

547

53

0.55

2.62

0.49

2.92

1.12

0.51

0.76

New Zealand

P01

2488

529

95

0.34

2.59

0.66

3.38

1.21

0.49

0.84

P06

6256

532

87

0.37

2.82

0.39

3.29

1.23

0.49

0.73

Norway

P01

3459

499

81

0.31

2.03

0.78

3.60

1.12

0.48

0.92

P06

3837

498

67

0.44

2.66

0.47

3.39

1.18

0.49

0.80

Slovak Republic

P01

3807

518

70

0.59

1.93

0.76

3.21

1.10

0.50

0.16

P06

5380

531

74

0.60

2.71

0.45

3.09

1.14

0.51

0.29

Sweden

P01

6044

561

66

0.36

1.93

0.68

3.71

1.10

0.49

0.90

P06

4394

549

64

0.46

2.48

0.50

3.44

1.11

0.48

0.75

USA

P01

3763

542

83

0.38

2.55

0.70

3.28

1.23

0.51

0.85

P06

5190

540

74

0.40

2.84

0.36

3.05

1.24

0.51

0.72

England

P01

3156

553

87

0.37

2.27

0.76

3.33

1.17

0.52

0.88

P06

4036

539

87

0.47

2.73

0.44

3.32

1.26

0.50

0.76

Scotland

P01

2717

528

84

0.36

2.22

0.79

3.15

1.24

0.52

0.89

P06

3775

527

80

0.44

2.74

0.44

3.19

1.26

0.51

0.80

Canada

P01

4295

548

72

0.43

2.53

0.66

3.50

1.13

0.49

0.83

Ontario

P06

3988

554

71

0.44

2.82

0.38

3.35

1.21

0.49

0.61

Canada

P01

3958

537

72

0.41

2.55

0.68

3.17

1.16

0.51

0.85

Quebec

P06

3748

533

63

0.42

2.81

0.39

3.01

1.17

0.49

0.64

  1. V1. Overall reading achievement, V2. How often do you use computer at home? (proportion weekly or daily), V3. How often do you borrow books from a school or public library? [never (1), once or twice a month (2), at least once a week (3)], V4. About how many books are there in your home? [0–10 (1), 11–25 (2), 26–100 (3), 101–200 (4), more than 200 (5)], V5. Are you a boy or a girl? [boy (0), girl (1)], V6. How often do you speak (language of test) at home? [always (1), not always (0)]
  2. P01, PIRLS 2001; P06, PIRLS 2006