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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about mathematics? - I think learning mathematics will help me in my daily life.
Choices: "Agree a lot" "Agree a little" "Disagree a little" "Disagree a lot"
Data: % of "Agree a lot"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
2 Italy44.4%
3 United States43.6%
4 United Kingdom40.2%
5 France38.4%
7 Japan24.8%

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 = 2.604727 X +5.496
Correlation coefficient (r)0.699
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.489

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 124587.001529 X +2080.896
Correlation coefficient (r)0.525
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.276

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -18.198178 X +88.686
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.570
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.325

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 1.081985 X +1.092
Correlation coefficient (r)0.348
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.121

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -18.686616 X +16.675
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.364
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.132