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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about learning science? - science is boring.
Choices: "Agree a lot" "Agree a little" "Disagree a little" "Disagree a lot"
Data: % of "Agree a lot"
Period:
Area:
26 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Egypt18.2%
2 Israel17.4%
3 Ireland17.2%
4 Saudi Arabia16.6%
5 Qatar15.0%
6 United Kingdom14.9%
7 Jordan14.5%
8 Kuwait14.4%
9 Australia14.3%
10 Bahrain13.9%
11 Oman13.4%
12 United States13.2%
13 Republic of Korea12.7%
14 Norway12.1%
15 United Arab Emirates11.8%
16 New Zealand10.6%
17 Hong Kong, China10.2%
18 Chile10.0%
19 South Africa8.9%
20 Iran8.6%
21 Turkiye8.5%
22 Taiwan7.8%
23 Japan 6.5%
24 Italy6.3%
25 Singapore5.9%
26 Malaysia3.3%

Note
United Kingdom: England only.

No data for 212 countries.

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

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 1.968547 X +5.934
Correlation coefficient (r)0.086
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 179054.746056 X +20335.168
Correlation coefficient (r)0.238
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.057

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -3.870313 X +79.074
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.029
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 7.866033 X +0.875
Correlation coefficient (r)0.518
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.268

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -23.635117 X +10.926
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.174
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.030