On average across nations:
- 24% had science as their strength
- 25% had mathematics as their strength
- 51% had reading as their strength

Average Academic Strengths for Girls

On average across nations:
- 38% had science as their strength
- 42% had mathematics as their strength
- 20% had reading as their strength

Average Academic Strengths for Boys

Using data analyzed from PISA assessments (Programme for International Student
Assessment), Stoet et al. found that on average across 97% of countries:
- boys intraindividual strength in science was greater than girls'
- girls intraindividual strength in reading was greater than boys'
- boys intraindividual strength in mathematics was greater than girls'

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Consitent sex differences in intraindividual academic strength in science and reading. 

Differences in Academic Strengths & STEM Gender Gap

Stoet, G., & Geary, D. C. (2018). The gender-equality paradox in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education. Psychological science, 29(4), 581-593.

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