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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about science? - science is not one of my strengths.
Choices: "Agree a lot" "Agree a little" "Disagree a little" "Disagree a lot"
Data: % of "Agree a lot"
Period:
Area:
6 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United Kingdom21.8%
2 Japan18.8%
3 Australia16.7%
4 Republic of Korea15.0%
5 United States 14.6%
6 Italy11.2%

Note
United Kingdom: England only.

No data for 4 countries.

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

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 2.354949 X +6.110
Correlation coefficient (r)0.210
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.044

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 724.845690 X +47710.654
Correlation coefficient (r)0.001
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 4.580947 X +81.084
Correlation coefficient (r)0.056
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 2.745594 X +0.931
Correlation coefficient (r)0.300
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.090

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -7.193426 X +12.904
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.045
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002