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Table 2 Mean achievement and percentages for different indicators of economic and cultural capital by country
| Country | k | Achievement domaina | Background characteristics of the students | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | Science | Reading | SES | Parent. Edu | Books | Language | |||||||||
| M | (SE) | M | (SE) | M | (SE) | % | (SE) | % | (SE) | % | (SE) | % | (SE) | ||
| Austria | 4.587 | 505 | (2.6) | 528 | (2.6) | 512 | (2.4) | 6.5 | (0.2) | 6.5 | (0.2) | 6.1 | (0.2) | 6.5 | (0.2) |
| Czech Republic | 4.433 | 508 | (2.5) | 533 | (2.3) | 530 | (2.2) | 6.5 | (0.2) | 6.3 | (0.2) | 6.0 | (0.2) | 6.3 | (0.2) |
| Finland | 4.541 | 543 | (2.3) | 568 | (2.2) | 556 | (2.0) | 6.8 | (0.2) | 6.3 | (0.2) | 6.2 | (0.2) | 6.5 | (0.2) |
| Germany | 3.928 | 525 | (2.2) | 524 | (2.3) | 526 | (2.4) | 4.6 | (0.1) | 4.3 | (0.1) | 4.8 | (0.1) | 5.1 | (0.1) |
| Hungary | 5.149 | 512 | (3.4) | 531 | (3.3) | 524 | (3.1) | 6.8 | (0.2) | 6.9 | (0.2) | 6.9 | (0.2) | 7.4 | (0.2) |
| Ireland | 4.383 | 526 | (2.8) | 513 | (3.1) | 538 | (2.7) | 6.0 | (0.1) | 6.1 | (0.1) | 5.9 | (0.1) | 6.2 | (0.1) |
| Italy | 4.125 | 504 | (2.7) | 520 | (2.6) | 527 | (2.0) | 5.7 | (0.1) | 5.5 | (0.1) | 5.5 | (0.1) | 5.9 | (0.1) |
| Lithuania | 4.584 | 531 | (2.6) | 510 | (2.4) | 512 | (2.0) | 6.1 | (0.1) | 6.3 | (0.1) | 6.2 | (0.1) | 6.6 | (0.1) |
| Malta | 3.492 | 492 | (1.3) | 441 | (1.9) | 454 | ( .7) | 4.4 | (0.0) | 4.2 | (0.0) | 4.7 | (0.0) | 4.9 | (0.0) |
| Poland | 4.962 | 477 | (2.3) | 500 | (2.2) | 508 | (2.1) | 7.1 | (0.1) | 7.2 | (0.1) | 6.7 | (0.1) | 7.1 | (0.1) |
| Portugal | 3.991 | 530 | (3.4) | 518 | (3.8) | 526 | (2.9) | 5.3 | (0.3) | 5.6 | (0.3) | 5.4 | (0.3) | 5.7 | (0.3) |
| Romania | 4.643 | 476 | (6.0) | 501 | (6.1) | 481 | (4.9) | 5.7 | (0.2) | 6.6 | (0.2) | 6.1 | (0.2) | 6.6 | (0.2) |
| Slovak Republic | 5.561 | 503 | (3.9) | 528 | (3.7) | 519 | (3.1) | 7.6 | (0.2) | 8.0 | (0.2) | 7.5 | (0.2) | 7.9 | (0.2) |
| Slovenia | 4.433 | 510 | (2.0) | 516 | (2.1) | 514 | (2.1) | 6.4 | (0.2) | 6.4 | (0.2) | 6.0 | (0.1) | b | |
| Spain | 4.105 | 479 | (2.8) | 501 | (2.7) | 493 | (2.8) | 5.5 | (0.1) | 5.4 | (0.1) | 5.5 | (0.1) | 5.9 | (0.1) |
| Sweden | 4.482 | 502 | (2.2) | 530 | (2.6) | 527 | (2.1) | 6.0 | (0.2) | 5.4 | (0.2) | 5.9 | (0.1) | 6.4 | (0.2) |
| Northern Ireland | 3.469 | 561 | (2.7) | 513 | (2.5) | 545 | (2.4) | 3.0 | (0.1) | 2.8 | (0.1) | 4.7 | (0.1) | 5.0 | (0.1) |
| EU-country average | 74.868 | 511 | (0.7) | 516 | (0.7) | 517 | (0.6) | 5.9 | (0.0) | 5.9 | (0.0) | 5.9 | (0.0) | 5.9 | (0.0) |
