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Table 3 Descriptive statistics

From: Supportive climates and science achievement in the Nordic countries: lessons learned from the 2015 PISA study

 

Denmark

Finland

Iceland

Norway

Sweden

Mean

SD

%

Mean

SD

%

Mean

SD

%

Mean

SD

%

Mean

SD

%

Science achievement

502

2.40

 

531

2.40

 

473

1.70

 

498

2.30

 

493

3.60

 

TEACHSUP

0.07

0.88

 

0.20

0.89

 

0.31

0.98

 

0.07

0.99

 

0.15

1.02

 

FAIR

9.72

3.63

 

9.40

3.79

 

8.49

3.47

 

9.90

4.16

 

9.17

3.78

 

PERFEED

− 0.27

0.89

 

− 0.27

0.92

 

− 0.44

1.02

 

− 0.01

0.97

 

− 0.02

1.02

 

DISCLISCI

0.03

0.95

 

− 0.10

0.88

 

0.01

0.95

 

0.14

0.94

 

0.02

0.95

 

GENDER (girls)

  

49.80

  

48.20

  

51.50

  

49.40

  

49.50

IMMIG2 (2nd generation)

  

7.70

  

1.80

  

1.20

  

5.80

  

9.50

IMMIG1 (1st generation)

  

2.70

  

2.20

  

2.70

  

5.80

  

7.30

ESCS

0.79

0.79

 

0.48

0.69

 

0.91

0.67

 

0.69

0.67

 

0.55

0.75

 

EDUASPIR

3.67

1.99

 

3.02

1.56

 

4.27

1.76

 

4.34

1.51

 

4.23

1.81

 

STUDBEHA

− 0.31

0.99

 

0.28

0.77

 

− 0.34

0.90

 

− 0.11

0.85

 

0.12

0.84

 

STRATIO

12.72

3.10

 

10.30

2.03

 

9.91

3.02

 

10.21

2.07

 

11.47

3.21

 

SCHTYPE: students in private schools

  

17.80

  

4.40

  

0.50

  

1.40

  

17.90

EDUSHORT

− 0.21

0.99

 

0.09

0.84

 

− 0.40

0.74

 

0.00

0.78

 

− 0.28

0.81

 
  1. SD standard deviation; TEACHSUP perceived teacher support; FAIR reversed score of “Unfairteacher”; PERFEED perceived feedback from science teachers; DISCLISCI class discipline; GENDER 0 = girl, 1 = boy; IMMIG2: 0 = second-generation, 1 = native; IMMIG1 0 = first-generation, 1 = native; ESCS index of economic, social and cultural status; EDUASPIR future educational aspirations; STUDBEHA negative student behaviour (truancy, skipping classes, and bullying, etc.); STRATIO student teacher ratio; SCHTYPE school type (1 = public, 2 = private); EDUSHORT shortage of educational resources; source OECD (2016a, 2016b) and own calculations using weighted data
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