Education Quality, Education Costs, and Females in Education

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Education Costs, Education Quality, and Females in Education

COUNTRY	Percent Females w/Higher Educat'n	timss Math Score 8th grade	timss geometry 12th grade	IAEP Science Score	IAEP Math Score	Savings Percent of GDP	Percent Females in Labor Force	Percent High School Teachers Who Are Males	Percent Teachers Who are Males	Education Cost % OF GDP	Class Size	Divorce Rate Per 100,000 Pop.	Murder Rate per 100,000 Pop.	Rape Rate per 100,000 Pop.
	Table 23-1	Table 20-1	Figure 12	Table 23-2	Table 9a	Bottom line		UN Statistical Yearbook, 37th Issue	Table 55-3


China								70
Singapore		643				51%		48	40%

Taiwan				563	285	25%		69
Korea	4.0%	607		571	283	37%		68	55%	3.7%	49
Japan	5.3%	605				34%	58.40%	71	72%	3.7%	44	0.62	1.4	1.2
Hong Kong		588				35%		51	60%
Russia		535	548	541	279	32%			3%		22
Czech Republic		564	494					66		5.0%
Switzerland	5.2%	545	547	562	279	27%	58.00%	87	87%	5.6%	18	0.77	6.2	2.25
Netherlands	18.2%	541					50.60%	72
Bulgaria		540						47
Austria	4.1%	539	462				53.70%	45				0.97	4.4	1.8
France	7.9%	538	544	532	273	21%	55.80%	43	57%	4.4%	25
Ireland	7.4%	527		510	269		37.60%	50	42%		27	0.27	1.72	0.96
Belgium	7.2%	526					51.20%	47	34%	2.2%		1.83	4	2.8
Italy	6.5%	537	480	537	272	22%	43.70%	39		5.0%	21
Israel		522		534	272			38			32
Thailand		522
Scotland				530	269						25
Slovenia		541	476	537	266						25
England	8.6%	506		506		15%	63.70%	32	55%	4.3%	22	3.02	7.3	1.97
Germany	9.3%	509	487			23%	55.40%	59	67%	3.3%		1.91	8.6	4.2
New Zealand	7.8%	508				26%	62.00%	58	58%	7.8%
Australia	12.6%	530	496			22%	59.10%	52		4.2%
Canada	15.2%	527	499	533	270	21%	66.60%	58	62%	6.1%	25
Finland												1.85	7.2	0.7
Sweden	11.9%	519	492				80.10%	55	67%	5.9%		2.79	15.7	1.73
Norway	15.5%	503					72.80%	40	68%	7.6%
Denmark	13.1%	502	527				77.60%	43		671.0%		2.81	11.2	5.17
U.S.	22.3%	500	424	521	262	15%	66.80%	25	35%	5.2%	23	4.95	37.2	8.4
Spain	9.1%	487		525	263			53	63%	3.8%	29	0.88	4.43	2.28
Portugal		454						41	32%		25	4.8	1.2	4.5
Greece		484	498					47				0.76	2.4	1.76
Lithuania		477	515						13%
Cyprus		474	517					55	39%
Jordan								55Increase 1% for each 4 point increase in TIMSS Scores. Table20_1.htm and "Bottom Line"			27