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Boys are more likely than girls to express negative attitudes towards school and learning: 8 percentage points (2x) more likely to report that school is a waste of time, 5 percentage points more likely to agree that school has done little to prepare them for adult life when they leave school, 5 percentage points less likely to agree that trying hard at school is important, and 3 percentage points less likely to report that they enjoy receiving good marks

Topic: Education

Source

Citation: The ABC of Gender Equality in Education: Aptitude, Behaviour, Confidence, pp. 36, 52
Author(s): PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment)
Institution(s): OECD

Link: http://www.oecd.org/pisa/keyfindings/pisa-2012-results-gender-eng.pdf


Nation(s): international
Year(s): 2015
Source: Primary
Type: Survey

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