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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about mathematics? - Mathematics is more difficult for me than for many of my classmates.
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 Romania26.6%
2 Kuwait23.9%
3 South Africa22.6%
4 Portugal22.1%
5 Egypt21.4%
6 Jordan21.2%
7 Taiwan20.6%
8 Italy19.6%
9 Qatar18.7%
10 Lebanon18.1%
11 Saudi Arabia17.8%
12 Hong Kong, China17.7%
13 Malaysia17.4%
14 Oman16.9%
15 Morocco16.8%
16 Turkiye16.5%
17 Iran16.2%
18 Japan 15.9%
18 New Zealand15.9%
20 Ireland15.8%
21 Cyprus15.5%
22 United States15.4%
23 France15.2%
23 Singapore15.2%
25 Bahrain14.9%
25 United Arab Emirates14.9%
27 Georgia14.7%
28 Norway14.6%
29 Australia13.6%
30 Russian Federation13.1%
30 United Kingdom13.1%
32 Sweden12.9%
33 Israel12.1%
34 Finland11.7%
35 Hungary11.1%
36 Chile11.0%
37 Lithuania10.2%
38 Republic of Korea7.7%
39 Kazakhstan7.3%

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 = -7.457710 X +7.289
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.306
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.094

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data39
Regression equation
Y = -109086.049900 X +52956.015
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.167
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.028

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -28.395622 X +82.342
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.227
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.052

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 2.253040 X +1.458
Correlation coefficient (r)0.163
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -63.678630 X +19.209
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.467
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.218