Family strategies of educational advantage in the Australian and German school systems: a comparative analysis

Figures & data

Figure 1. Family views about volume of homework and assistance provided at home (%).

Source: TIMSS 2015.

Table 1. Students with additional tuition grouped by family socio-economic advantage (ESCS) (%).

		ESCS %
		Lowest	Low	Mid	High	Highest
Australia	Academic and extra-curricular	36.9	40.8	40.8	40.7	42.1
	Extra-curricular	12.7	14.5	17.5	22.9	26.7
	Academic only	8.4	8.6	7.5	6.8	6
	No tutoring	41.9	36.1	34.2	29.6	25.2
Germany	Academic and extra-curricular	33.6	34.5	35	34.3	30.7
	Extra-curricular	9.6	12.2	13.8	18.2	27.2
	Academic only	13.4	17.7	16.6	15.8	11.7
	No tutoring	43.3	35.7	34.7	31.7	30.4

Source: PISA 2015. Data is weighted.

Figure 2. Australian student enrolments by sector across grades, 2020 (%).

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Schools, Australia, 2020.

Table 2. Proportion of German students in private schools by school type 2020 (%).

School type	% students
Primary school	3.7
Hauptschulen	5.9
School types with multiple learning pathways	7.7
Realschulen	12.1
Gymnasium	12.3
Integrated comprehensive schools	6.3

Source: German Federal Statistics Office (Destatis), Statistics of schools of general education. Fachserie 11 Reihe 1.1 https://www.destatis.de/.