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Question: During this school year, how often have other students from your school done any of the following things to you, including through texting or the Internet? - Shared my secrets with others
Choices: "At least once a week" "Once or twice a month" "A few times a year" "Never"
Data: % of "At least once a week" "Once or twice a month" "A few times a year"
Period:
Area:
38 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Malaysia59.6%
2 Lebanon51.8%
3 Hong Kong, China49.6%
3 Singapore49.6%
5 Australia49.1%
6 Iran48.6%
7 South Africa46.9%
8 New Zealand46.0%
9 United Kingdom44.7%
10 Egypt44.6%
11 United States44.5%
12 Cyprus44.1%
13 Morocco43.6%
14 Qatar43.1%
15 United Arab Emirates42.2%
16 Bahrain41.5%
17 Romania41.2%
18 France41.1%
19 Chile39.7%
20 Sweden38.9%
21 Italy38.4%
22 Turkiye38.0%
23 Hungary37.9%
24 Ireland37.5%
25 Taiwan37.4%
26 Jordan35.2%
27 Norway34.9%
28 Kuwait33.0%
29 Portugal32.4%
30 Saudi Arabia31.5%
31 Oman31.2%
32 Republic of Korea29.8%
33 Finland29.1%
34 Russian Federation28.9%
35 Lithuania27.9%
36 Japan 26.0%
37 Kazakhstan22.1%
38 Georgia18.2%

Note
United Kingdom: England only.

No data for 200 countries.

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

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -2.423530 X +7.011
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.207
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.043

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = 53277.555898 X +15665.095
Correlation coefficient (r)0.173
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.030

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = 2.295433 X +77.465
Correlation coefficient (r)0.042
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -0.719018 X +2.024
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.118
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -20.210610 X +17.025
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.307
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.094