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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about mathematics? - Mathematics makes me nervous.
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 Romania29.6%
2 Kuwait28.9%
3 South Africa28.0%
4 Turkiye24.2%
5 Qatar22.7%
6 Egypt22.6%
7 Bahrain22.3%
8 Singapore21.4%
9 Cyprus20.9%
9 Lebanon20.9%
11 United Arab Emirates19.5%
12 Jordan19.0%
13 Oman18.3%
14 Israel17.9%
15 Italy16.9%
16 Morocco16.5%
17 Hong Kong, China15.6%
18 Saudi Arabia15.5%
19 Portugal15.0%
20 Taiwan14.3%
21 United States14.0%
22 Republic of Korea13.6%
23 Hungary13.2%
23 New Zealand13.2%
25 Australia12.2%
25 Chile12.2%
25 Lithuania12.2%
28 Finland12.0%
28 Iran12.0%
28 Malaysia12.0%
31 Ireland11.7%
32 France11.2%
33 Russian Federation10.6%
34 Georgia10.1%
35 Sweden10.0%
36 Japan 9.6%
37 United Kingdom9.4%
38 Norway8.8%
39 Kazakhstan4.2%

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 = -5.029135 X +6.889
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.288
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.083

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data39
Regression equation
Y = -77683.687475 X +47842.639
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.168
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.028

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -21.392092 X +81.241
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.245
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.060

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 1.426976 X +1.589
Correlation coefficient (r)0.149
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -34.691072 X +14.649
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.366
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.134