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Table 1 Items of the home resources for learning scale (fourth grade) and percentage of yes responses overall countries (n = 138,103)
Item | Response option | % yes | SE |
|---|---|---|---|
Number of books in the home (students) | 0–10 | 17.1 | 0.24 |
11–25 | 25.9 | 0.21 | |
26–100 | 31.5 | 0.20 | |
101–200 | 14.0 | 0.15 | |
More than 200 | 11.5 | 0.17 | |
Number of home study supports (students) | None | 12.8 | 0.18 |
Internet connection or own room | 36.9 | 0.19 | |
Both | 50.3 | 0.23 | |
Number of children’s books in the home (parents) | 0–10 | 24.2 | 0.20 |
11–25 | 21.9 | 0.17 | |
26–50 | 24.7 | 0.16 | |
51–100 | 17.4 | 0.14 | |
More than 100 | 11.9 | 0.14 | |
Highest level of education of either parent (parents) | Finished some primary or lower secondary or did not go to school | 7.9 | 0.18 |
Finished lower secondary | 13.6 | 0.17 | |
Finished upper secondary | 31.4 | 0.22 | |
Finished post-secondary education | 19.1 | 0.16 | |
Finished university or higher | 28.0 | 0.28 | |
Highest level of occupation of either parent (parents) | Has never worked outside home for pay, general laborer, or semi-professional (skilled agricultural or fishery worker, craft or trade worker, plant or machine operator) | 27.7 | 0.21 |
Clerical (clerk or service or sales worker) | 25.8 | 0.16 | |
Small business owner | 13.1 | 0.14 | |
Professional (corporate manager or senior official, professional, or technician or associate professional) | 33.4 | 0.23 |