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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about science? - science is not one of my strengths.
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 Egypt29.3%
2 Jordan22.4%
3 United Kingdom21.8%
4 Saudi Arabia20.4%
4 Taiwan20.4%
6 Ireland19.8%
7 Japan 18.8%
8 Kuwait18.7%
9 Israel18.4%
10 Oman18.2%
11 Qatar18.0%
12 Singapore17.0%
13 Australia16.7%
13 New Zealand16.7%
13 South Africa16.7%
16 Bahrain15.2%
17 Republic of Korea15.0%
18 United States14.6%
19 United Arab Emirates14.4%
20 Chile14.2%
21 Hong Kong, China13.0%
22 Iran12.6%
23 Turkiye11.5%
24 Italy11.2%
25 Malaysia10.5%
26 Norway8.9%

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 = -5.093713 X +7.007
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.249
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.062

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -99362.475445 X +58023.484
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.146
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.021

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -29.421866 X +83.484
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.243
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.059

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 7.699111 X +0.539
Correlation coefficient (r)0.563
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.317

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -19.682660 X +11.376
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.159
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.025