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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about science? - science makes me confused.
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 Egypt21.9%
2 United Kingdom19.4%
3 Jordan19.3%
4 Ireland16.9%
5 Republic of Korea15.9%
5 Taiwan15.9%
7 Qatar15.2%
8 Kuwait15.1%
9 Oman14.9%
10 New Zealand14.6%
10 South Africa14.6%
12 United Arab Emirates14.5%
13 Saudi Arabia14.0%
14 Australia13.6%
15 Singapore13.0%
15 United States13.0%
17 Bahrain12.9%
18 Israel12.7%
19 Norway12.4%
20 Hong Kong, China11.9%
21 Japan 11.7%
22 Chile11.2%
23 Turkiye10.7%
24 Iran9.0%
25 Malaysia8.2%
26 Italy6.4%

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 = -4.837260 X +6.824
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.184
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.034

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 32577.221049 X +36925.398
Correlation coefficient (r)0.037
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -32.957432 X +83.134
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.214
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.046

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 7.087927 X +0.842
Correlation coefficient (r)0.407
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.166

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 2.162020 X +7.789
Correlation coefficient (r)0.014
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000