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Table 1 Sample size and proportion of missing data
From: Socio-economic gaps in subject interest: the mediating role of parental cognitive involvement
|  | Final sample size | Student reading interest | Student mathematics interest | Family SES | Parental literacy cognitive involvement | Parental numeracy cognitive involvement | Pre-school attendance | Parents like reading scale | Number of books | Number of children’s books |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Austria | 3581 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.14 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.04 |
Azerbaijan | 2638 | 0.07 | 0.15 | 0.24 | 0.08 | 0.11 | 0.07 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.04 |
Canada (Quebec) | 3191 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.20 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.13 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.11 |
Chinese Taipei | 3825 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.08 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
Croatia | 4085 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.08 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
Czech Republic | 3935 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.09 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 |
Finland | 3984 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.10 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
Georgia | 3128 | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.26 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 |
Hong Kong | 3027 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.14 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.10 | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.07 |
Hungary | 4174 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.17 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
Iran | 4657 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.14 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
Ireland | 3528 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.16 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 |
Italy | 3307 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.16 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.07 |
Lithuania | 3730 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.16 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.04 |
Malta | 2437 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.27 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.09 | 0.09 |
Norway | 2396 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.16 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.09 |
Poland | 4300 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.10 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
Portugal | 3253 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.16 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
Romania | 3908 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.12 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 |
Russian Federation | 3980 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.09 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
Singapore | 5399 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.11 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 |
Slovak Republic | 4773 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.12 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 |
Slovenia | 3878 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.03 |
Spain | 3246 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.17 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.08 |
Sweden | 3108 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.26 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.15 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.13 |
United Arab Emirates | 9724 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.27 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.11 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.09 |
Abu Dhabi | 2793 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.27 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.08 |
Dubai | 4052 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.27 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.13 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.11 |