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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about learning science? - science is one of my favorite subjects.
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 Egypt68.6%
2 Jordan65.1%
3 Turkiye58.5%
4 Iran57.6%
5 Saudi Arabia54.4%
6 Kuwait52.5%
7 Oman52.2%
8 United Arab Emirates49.8%
9 Bahrain49.7%
10 Qatar45.3%
11 South Africa43.3%
12 Malaysia40.8%
13 Singapore38.0%
14 United States32.6%
15 Israel30.4%
16 Chile27.0%
17 Hong Kong, China26.1%
18 Italy25.0%
19 Australia24.0%
20 Norway22.5%
21 New Zealand22.1%
22 United Kingdom21.2%
23 Ireland20.3%
24 Japan 18.8%
25 Taiwan18.0%
26 Republic of Korea14.9%

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 = -3.554555 X +7.467
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.636
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.404

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -90023.692024 X +75309.303
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.492
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.242

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -22.397947 X +87.219
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.679
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.461

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 2.361880 X +0.906
Correlation coefficient (r)0.632
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.399

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -18.114432 X +15.142
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.537
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.288