The reporting of student questionnaire data (Chapters 4&5) National Research Coordinators Meeting Madrid, February 2010

NRC Meeting Madrid February 2010 Content of presentation Types of data included in reporting tables Statistics included in tables Different examples of how data will be presented Chapter 4 and 5 outline

NRC Meeting Madrid February 2010 Types of variables Questionnaires scale scores –Mean of 50 and standard deviation of 10 for equally weighted countries –Described with item maps and underlying colouring of graphs Single items –Percentages for all categories –Percentages for dichotomised items

NRC Meeting Madrid February 2010 Statistics in tables Country and international averages of scale scores Averages by sub-groups and differences between them Percentages of students (excluding missing data) Correlations with cognitive test scores or other scales –Measure to describe strength of relationship

NRC Meeting Madrid February 2010 Example of scale score table

NRC Meeting Madrid February 2010 Example of table with scale score by sub- group

NRC Meeting Madrid February 2010 Table with percentages

NRC Meeting Madrid February 2010 Table with percentages and graph

NRC Meeting Madrid February 2010 Table with correlations

NRC Meeting Madrid February 2010 Chapter Democratic value beliefs –Percentages instead of scale score due to low reliabilities of scale –% Strongly agree due to very high levels of agreement across countries Threats to democracy and reactions –Three items included and percentages of agreement presented –Majority of students tends to agree with security measures described in items

NRC Meeting Madrid February 2010 Chapter 4 (cont.) Citizenship concepts –Same dimensionality as in CIVED Importance of conventional citizenship Importance of social movement related citizenship –Scale score presented in comparison

NRC Meeting Madrid February 2010 Chapter 4 (cont.) Gender rights –Majority of students in favour of equal gender rights –Females consistently with higher scores Equal rights for ethnic/racial groups and immigrants –Generally favourable attitudes but more positive in countries with few immigrants –Students from immigrants background more in favour of immigrant rights

NRC Meeting Madrid February 2010 Chapter 4 (cont.) Trust in civic institutions –Similar eight-item scale as in CIVED with some country variation –Comparison of percentages (“completely” or “a lot”) shows political parties with lowest levels of trust Attitudes towards country –Seven-item scale compared across countries –Most positive attitudes found in developing countries in Asia and Latin America

NRC Meeting Madrid February 2010 Chapter 4 (cont.) Support for political parties –Presented by category % and C&C knowledge means within each category –Considerable variation across countries (23 to 87 % not favouring any party) Engagement with religion –Two thirds of countries in international option –Considerable variation in % belonging to a religion, attendance of religious services and attitudes towards religious influence on society

NRC Meeting Madrid February 2010 Chapter 5 Students’ interest in political and social issues –Highest levels of interest in some Asian and Latin American countries, lowest in some European countries Students’ self-concept in politics and citizenship self-efficacy –Lowest levels found in some European countries –Correlations with civic knowledge weak to moderate in most countries

NRC Meeting Madrid February 2010 Chapter 5 (cont.) Participation in political discussions and media information –Generally, students tend to report less than weekly participation –Television primary source of information on political and social issues Reporting of % participation in civic participation in and outside of school –Variation across types of activities –Considerable differences across countries –Negative correlation with civic knowledge for civic participation outside of school; positive correlations with students’ interest

NRC Meeting Madrid February 2010 Chapter 5 (cont.) Comparison of scale scores for expected legal and illegal protest participation –Expected participation in illegal activities low but some variation across countries Expected electoral, active and informal political participation –Expectations to vote generally higher –Correlations with civic knowledge positive for expected electoral but not for expected active political participation

NRC Meeting Madrid February 2010 NRC feedback on: Appropriateness of –Presented statistics –Included items and scales –Tables and figures Coverage of report –Aspects that are missing –Content that may be omitted from report

NRC Meeting Madrid February 2010 Questions or comments?