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Table 4 Correlation between Frequency of Hunger and Student Achievement with and without aggregating “Every Day” and “Almost Every Day” Response Categories

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

Country

Every day and almost every day aggregated

Every day and almost every day not aggregated

Country

Every day and almost every day aggregated

Every day and almost every day not aggregated

Australia

−0.19

− 0.20

Lithuania

− 0.03

− 0.03

Bahrain

− 0.10

− 0.11

Malaysia

0.02

0.00

Chile

− 0.09

− 0.10

Morocco

− 0.06

− 0.06

Chinese Taipei

0.00

− 0.01

Oman

− 0.11

− 0.13

Cyprus

− 0.14

− 0.14

New Zealand

− 0.20

− 0.22

Finland

− 0.19

− 0.20

Norway

− 0.14

− 0.14

France

− 0.13

− 0.13

Portugal

− 0.19

− 0.18

Georgia

− 0.06

− 0.06

Qatar

− 0.19

− 0.23

Hong Kong

− 0.10

− 0.11

Romania

− 0.12

− 0.12

Hungary

− 0.14

− 0.14

Russian federation

0.00

0.00

Iran

− 0.12

− 0.12

Saudi Arabia

− 0.04

− 0.05

Ireland

− 0.18

− 0.19

South Africa

− 0.09

− 0.10

Israel

− 0.10

− 0.10

Sweden

− 0.16

− 0.17

Italy

− 0.15

− 0.15

United Arab Emirates

− 0.18

− 0.19

Japan

− 0.14

− 0.14

Turkey

0.08

0.07

Kazakhstan

− 0.01

− 0.02

Egypt

− 0.05

− 0.05

Jordan

− 0.11

− 0.10

United States

− 0.17

− 0.19

Korea

− 0.09

− 0.10

England

− 0.15

− 0.16

Kuwait

− 0.11

− 0.13

International average

− 0.11

− 0.11

Lebanon

− 0.05

− 0.06