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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about science? - science is harder for me than any other subject.
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 Egypt23.1%
2 Jordan18.8%
3 Taiwan17.7%
4 Oman15.8%
5 United Kingdom15.6%
6 Saudi Arabia15.3%
7 South Africa15.0%
8 Kuwait14.6%
9 Qatar14.4%
10 Japan 14.3%
10 United Arab Emirates14.3%
12 Bahrain13.1%
12 Republic of Korea13.1%
14 Ireland12.1%
15 Hong Kong, China11.8%
16 Israel11.2%
17 Iran10.7%
18 Chile10.3%
19 Singapore10.1%
20 United States9.8%
21 Malaysia9.7%
22 Australia9.6%
23 New Zealand9.5%
24 Turkiye8.9%
25 Italy7.3%
26 Norway6.9%

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 = -11.901233 X +7.663
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.489
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.239

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -315170.729054 X +81788.405
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.394
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.155

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -68.773459 X +87.286
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.474
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.225

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 8.924267 X +0.688
Correlation coefficient (r)0.543
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.295

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -22.555413 X +10.940
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.154
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.024