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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about mathematics? - I am good at working out difficult mathematics problems.
Choices: "Agree a lot" "Agree a little" "Disagree a little" "Disagree a lot"
Data: % of "Agree a lot"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States22.1%
2 United Kingdom16.9%
5 Italy12.1%
6 France10.8%
8 Japan6.4%

Note
United Kingdom: England only.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
TIMSS 2019 > International Database > TIMSS 2019 Data Almanacs - Grade 8

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 4.041985 X +5.941
Correlation coefficient (r)0.824
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.679

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 283534.084328 X +11042.044
Correlation coefficient (r)0.908
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.824

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -37.914679 X +86.899
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.902
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.814

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 2.054574 X +1.225
Correlation coefficient (r)0.502
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.252

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 14.849433 X +7.494
Correlation coefficient (r)0.220
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.048