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Education > Hours of instruction for pupils aged 10 (vs) Energy > Gasoline prices

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0 Education > Hours of instruction for pupils aged 10 (hours) 1,200

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Strength of correlation (R squared): 0.329 (this correlation is weak)

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Variable: Education > Hours of instruction for pupils aged 10 Energy > Gasoline prices
Plot Display: Logarithmic (base 10) Logarithmic (base 10)
Definition: Intended hours of instruction per year for 10 year olds in public educational institutions. Data for 2000. Ratio of premium gasoline price to world average
Units: Ratio of Gasoline Price to World Average
Units: Pump price for super gasoline (US$ per liter): Fuel prices refer to the pump prices of the most widely sold grade of gasoline. Prices have been converted from the local currency to U.S. dollars, and the ratio of the gas price to the world average in the same time period was used in order to normalize the data. For more information, see World Development Indicators, Table 3.12.
Source: UNESCO Institute of Statistics German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ), Fuel Prices and Taxation (1999) and the electronic update for2000. Available from World Bank, World Development Indicators 2002, WDI table 3.12. via ciesin.org
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