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Table 1 Overview of descriptives of background characteristics related to computer and information literacy (CIL) of different groups of 8th grade students in Czech Republic, Denmark and Germany (see also Fraillon et al., 2014)

From: The relationship between differences in students’ computer and information literacy and response times: an analysis of IEA-ICILS data

Student background characteristics

Czech Republic

Denmarka

Germanyb

%

M

SE

%

M

SE

%

M

SE

Gender

 Boys

49.61

548

2.82

51.11

534

4.12

51.86

516

3.20

 Girls

50.39

559

2.00

48.89

549

4.75

48.14

532

2.88

Socioeconomic background

 100 books or less

61.10

542

2.52

59.88

531

3.03

51.59

505

2.66

 More than 100 books

38.90

572

2.19

40.12

563

3.57

48.41

550

2.65

Parental occupation (HISEI)

 Less than 40 points

34.76

533

3.29

25.62

523

4.51

34.76

501

4.04

 40 to 59 points

47.31

560

2.01

37.79

547

3.00

42.68

537

3.02

 60 points or more

17.93

582

2.56

36.59

563

3.77

22.56

553

3.50

Language spoken at home

 Test language

97.21

554

2.07

94.03

546

2.99

85.98

532

3.00

 Other language

2.79

541

8.38

5.97

500

8.16

14.02

488

7.71

Immigrant background

 No parent born abroad

89.45

554

1.96

81.24

549

2.71

69.01

538

3.21

 One parent born abroad

7.84

548

6.58

9.53

544

6.71

11.40

515

6.21

 Both parents born abroad

2.71

551

9.74

9.23

501

7.16

19.59

499

4.64

  1. a Did not meet sample requirements
  2. b “Met guidelines for sampling participation rates only after replacement schools were included” (Fraillon et al. 2014, S. 112)