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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:
39 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Egypt77.9%
2 South Africa76.9%
3 Morocco74.1%
4 Jordan71.6%
5 Oman64.0%
6 Iran59.6%
7 Georgia58.3%
8 Saudi Arabia57.7%
9 United Arab Emirates54.4%
10 Lebanon54.2%
11 Israel52.5%
12 Turkiye50.7%
13 Chile49.4%
13 Kazakhstan49.4%
15 Kuwait49.0%
16 Bahrain48.9%
17 Cyprus48.8%
18 Romania48.4%
19 New Zealand48.1%
20 Portugal48.0%
21 Australia46.9%
22 Qatar45.1%
23 Italy44.4%
24 Norway43.8%
25 United States43.6%
26 Russian Federation40.8%
27 United Kingdom40.2%
28 Ireland39.5%
28 Malaysia39.5%
30 France38.4%
31 Hungary38.2%
31 Singapore38.2%
33 Lithuania36.6%
34 Sweden34.8%
35 Finland31.8%
36 Japan 24.8%
37 Hong Kong, China23.9%
38 Taiwan21.7%
39 Republic of Korea14.3%

Note
United Kingdom: England only.

No data for 199 countries.

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

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -3.498453 X +7.725
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.482
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.232

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data39
Regression equation
Y = -79644.122487 X +72787.901
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.414
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.171

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -25.013164 X +89.711
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.660
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.436

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 3.039930 X +0.372
Correlation coefficient (r)0.729
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.531

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -15.974164 X +16.793
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.373
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.139