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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about science? - science 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:
26 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Egypt20.5%
2 Jordan18.1%
3 Saudi Arabia16.6%
4 Taiwan16.0%
5 Oman13.8%
6 United Kingdom13.6%
7 Kuwait13.5%
8 South Africa12.7%
8 United Arab Emirates12.7%
10 Qatar12.6%
11 Hong Kong, China12.2%
12 Bahrain11.9%
13 Japan 11.4%
14 Iran11.2%
15 Ireland10.9%
16 Singapore10.6%
17 Turkiye10.1%
18 Israel9.7%
19 Malaysia8.9%
20 Chile8.8%
21 Australia8.7%
22 United States8.5%
23 New Zealand8.1%
24 Republic of Korea7.6%
25 Norway6.2%
26 Italy5.7%

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 = -13.488889 X +7.703
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.533
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.284

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -326052.306558 X +79118.971
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.388
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.151

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -75.477025 X +87.204
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.498
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.248

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 10.345713 X +0.636
Correlation coefficient (r)0.603
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.364

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -55.526137 X +14.390
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.363
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.132