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Table 3 Sample Size and Descriptive Statistics by Country

From: Global pattern in hunger and educational opportunity: a multilevel analysis of child hunger and TIMSS mathematics achievement

Country

Sample Size

Achievement

Hunger

SES

Teacher experience

Teacher education

Correlation between hunger and SES

N

Mean

SE

Mean

SE

Mean

SE

Mean

SE

Mean

SE

Australia

9060

517.28

3.8

1.97

0.01

11.21

0.02

13.94

0.12

5.22

0.00

− 0.12

Bahrain

5725

481.09

1.7

2.22

0.01

10.24

0.02

13.94

0.11

5.17

0.01

− 0.08

Chile

4115

440.61

2.8

2.39

0.01

10.00

0.02

14.64

0.19

5.10

0.01

− 0.05

Chinese Taipei

4915

612.50

2.7

2.36

0.01

10.35

0.02

17.00

0.11

5.60

0.01

0.00

Cyprus

3521

501.08

1.6

1.89

0.01

10.92

0.02

12.10

0.15

5.68

0.01

−0.09

Egypt

7210

412.88

5.2

2.20

0.01

9.46

0.02

18.52

0.12

4.67

0.01

0.00

England

3365

514.93

5.3

1.96

0.01

10.73

0.03

12.73

0.14

5.33

0.01

− 0.11

Finland

4874

508.92

2.6

2.13

0.01

11.16

0.02

14.37

0.13

5.94

0.01

− 0.09

France

3874

482.61

2.5

2.32

0.01

10.66

0.02

14.74

0.14

5.76

0.01

− 0.10

Georgia

3315

461.30

4.3

1.96

0.01

10.90

0.03

24.70

0.20

5.82

0.01

− 0.02

Hong Kong

3265

578.31

4.1

2.28

0.01

10.24

0.03

14.97

0.17

5.44

0.01

− 0.04

Hungary

4569

516.54

2.9

2.01

0.01

11.11

0.02

25.51

0.15

5.36

0.01

− 0.08

Iran

5980

446.17

3.7

1.75

0.01

9.50

0.02

17.67

0.11

5.23

0.01

− 0.11

Ireland

4118

523.73

2.6

1.89

0.01

10.86

0.02

13.95

0.11

5.43

0.01

− 0.12

Israel

3731

519.11

4.3

1.98

0.01

11.02

0.02

15.53

0.13

5.45

0.01

− 0.07

Italy

3619

497.48

2.7

2.21

0.01

10.38

0.03

19.57

0.18

6.08

0.01

− 0.09

Japan

4446

594.23

2.7

1.89

0.01

10.87

0.02

15.46

0.14

5.12

0.00

− 0.03

Kazakhstan

4453

487.56

3.3

1.87

0.01

10.26

0.02

19.89

0.18

5.11

0.01

− 0.05

Jordan

7176

420.27

4.3

2.14

0.01

9.52

0.02

11.04

0.10

4.74

0.01

− 0.06

Korea

3861

606.82

2.8

2.40

0.01

11.60

0.02

15.71

0.15

5.37

0.01

− 0.07

Kuwait

4574

402.75

5.0

2.06

0.01

9.87

0.02

13.60

0.11

5.12

0.01

− 0.04

Lebanon

4730

429.31

2.9

2.13

0.01

9.66

0.02

13.56

0.14

5.14

0.01

0.00

Lithuania

3826

520.43

2.9

1.69

0.01

10.81

0.02

28.74

0.15

5.50

0.01

− 0.06

Malaysia

7065

460.57

3.2

2.41

0.01

9.86

0.02

13.80

0.09

5.02

0.01

0.05

Morocco

8458

388.19

2.3

2.17

0.01

8.25

0.02

12.25

0.13

3.95

0.02

− 0.03

New Zealand

6051

481.59

3.4

1.91

0.01

10.98

0.02

16.36

0.13

5.52

0.01

− 0.15

Norway

4575

502.87

2.4

1.93

0.01

11.42

0.02

12.24

0.14

5.47

0.01

− 0.08

Oman

6751

410.66

2.8

2.07

0.01

9.73

0.02

13.99

0.08

5.06

0.01

− 0.07

Portugal

3377

500.32

3.2

1.73

0.01

10.36

0.03

20.88

0.12

5.19

0.01

− 0.12

Qatar

3884

443.42

4

2.21

0.01

10.39

0.02

12.68

0.14

5.27

0.01

− 0.07

Romania

4494

478.99

4.3

2.40

0.01

10.51

0.02

23.88

0.15

5.15

0.01

− 0.07

Russian Federation

3901

543.49

4.5

1.92

0.01

10.64

0.02

25.54

0.19

5.74

0.01

− 0.00

Saudi Arabia

5680

393.77

2.5

2.00

0.01

9.59

0.02

11.61

0.09

5.03

0.00

− 0.04

Singapore

4853

615.77

4

2.18

0.01

10.50

0.02

11.16

0.12

5.17

0.01

− 0.14

South Africa

20829

389.48

2.3

2.13

0.01

9.10

0.01

14.09

0.07

4.78

0.00

− 0.09

Sweden

3996

502.52

2.5

2.08

0.01

11.03

0.02

15.75

0.14

5.23

0.02

− 0.13

Turkey

4077

495.63

4.3

2.35

0.01

9.38

0.03

10.46

0.10

5.06

0.00

0.09

United Arab Emirates

22334

473.43

1.9

2.16

0.01

10.33

0.01

13.69

0.05

5.27

0.00

− 0.11

United States

8698

515.44

4.8

2.06

0.01

10.66

0.02

14.48

0.10

5.57

0.01

− 0.17