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. 2016 Mar 9;11(3):e0150829. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0150829

Table 1. Descriptive Sample Statistics and Scale Reliabilities.

Country N Females [%] Age [years] M (SD) Scale Reliability ω
Classroom Management Instruction Student Engagement
Australia a 6,271 57 43.2 (11.5) .87 .83 .87
Brazil 13,334 68 39.5 (9.5) .84 .83 .84
Bulgaria 2,953 82 47.6 (9.1) .82 .81 .84
Chile 1,543 62 41.3 (11.9) .88 .84 .81
Croatia 3,626 74 42.6 (11.7) .87 .80 .78
Czech Republic 3,204 75 43.8 (10.8) .87 .77 .82
Denmark b 5,051 62 45.7 (10.6) .88 .76 .82
Estonia 3,057 83 47.9 (11.2) .81 .78 .77
Finland b 11,097 72 44.4 (10.1) .89 .81 .85
France 2,808 66 42.1 (9.8) .85 .69 .81
Israel 3,229 75 41.9 (10.3) .89 .83 .85
Italy 6,846 72 48.9 (8.8) .84 .80 .84
Japan c 3,463 40 42.0 (10.9) .90 .87 .80
Korea c 2,825 70 42.5 (9.1) .91 .87 .84
Latvia 4,173 88 47.4 (10.1) .81 .75 .78
Malaysia c 2,953 71 39.0 (8.5) .89 .89 .87
Mexico 9,465 52 42.1 (10.4) .84 .83 .76
Netherlands 1,788 54 43.3 (11.9) .90 .62 .78
Norway b 7,501 64 45.4 (11.3) .86 .76 .81
Poland 10,189 76 42.5 (9.0) .84 .81 .80
Portugal 6,704 72 45.0 (7.6) .88 .84 .84
Serbia 3,819 66 43.0 (10.8) .82 .79 .83
Singapore c 10,302 64 36.7 (9.8) .89 .86 .89
Slovak Republic 3,454 81 43.5 (10.9) .84 .82 .81
Spain 9,261 59 45.6 (8.6) .87 .81 .83
Sweden b 3,160 66 45.9 (10.5) .88 .78 .80
United States of America a 1,854 66 42.2 (11.3) .86 .82 .88
Sub-national entities
England (United Kingdom) a 2,348 64 39.3 (10.4) .88 .81 .86
Flanders (Belgium) 5,671 74 39.2 (10.5) .90 .74 .80
Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) 4,530 55 39.7 (8.6) .87 .84 .83
Alberta (Canada) 1,718 61 40.0 (10.2) .88 .83 .86
Romania 6,490 70 43.0 (10.9) .85 .82 .81
Total TALIS 2013 Sample 164,687 67 42.9 (10.5) .85 .83 .85

Note. Scale reliabilities are reported as McDonald’s ω.

a Anglo-Saxon country cluster

b Nordic country cluster

c East and South-East Asian country cluster.