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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about mathematics? - Mathematics makes me confused.
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 Turkiye29.5%
2 Romania27.8%
3 Kuwait25.7%
4 Qatar25.6%
5 South Africa25.1%
6 Norway25.0%
7 New Zealand23.6%
8 Taiwan23.5%
9 Portugal22.9%
10 Ireland21.8%
11 Malaysia21.7%
12 Jordan21.4%
12 United States21.4%
14 Egypt21.1%
15 Bahrain21.0%
16 Singapore20.4%
17 Lebanon20.3%
18 Australia20.2%
19 United Arab Emirates19.9%
20 Hong Kong, China19.6%
21 Italy19.0%
22 Cyprus18.6%
23 Chile18.5%
24 Oman18.4%
25 United Kingdom18.2%
26 Saudi Arabia17.9%
27 Israel17.2%
28 Republic of Korea17.0%
29 Sweden16.9%
30 Iran16.7%
31 Morocco16.5%
32 Japan 16.3%
33 France16.2%
34 Georgia14.7%
35 Hungary12.4%
36 Russian Federation11.9%
37 Finland10.1%
38 Lithuania6.0%
39 Kazakhstan5.6%

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 = -2.249536 X +6.525
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.113
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data39
Regression equation
Y = 103368.937144 X +15687.082
Correlation coefficient (r)0.196
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.038

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 9.474036 X +76.018
Correlation coefficient (r)0.094
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -0.404153 X +1.894
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.037
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -51.293396 X +18.835
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.471
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.222