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  1. EducationCzechia, Poland and Greenland

    Schoolgirls in Europe and Canada: schoolwork weighs on 62% of 15-year-old girls, up from 50% in 2014; boys, 43%

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    At 11 there is almost no gap (32% and 29%); by 15 it is 19 points. Girls feel more pressure in 30 of 35 countries: most in Czechia (+24) and Poland (+24). Less: Greenland (−11), Malta (−4).

    Source: WHO: Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) 2014–2022Open on the chart →
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    The WHO asks schoolchildren how pressured they feel by schoolwork. With each year of school girls answer «a lot» or «some» more often, boys much less so. Since 2014 the share among girls rose more, fastest between 2018 and 2022.

    Lines: the share of 15-year-old girls and boys who feel some or a lot of pressure from schoolwork, average across survey countries. The grey band marks the pandemic.

    WHO, HBSC data browser: published shares and the HBSC average; countries with all three waves (35). A country's change counts beyond 2 points: the survey publishes no errors. Girls at 15: 50 → 51 → 62%, boys: 37 → 38 → 43% (2014, 2018, 2022).

    The 2021/22 survey ran during the pandemic, when some pupils had just returned to classrooms. These are pupils' own answers: «pressure» does not measure workload but how it is felt. The survey does not show causes.

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