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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about mathematics? - My parents think that it is important that I do well in mathematics.
Choices: "Agree a lot" "Agree a little" "Disagree a little" "Disagree a lot"
Data: % of "Agree a lot"
Period:
Area:
39 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Israel78.9%
2 Jordan73.7%
3 Iran72.3%
4 Egypt72.2%
4 Turkiye72.2%
6 South Africa71.3%
7 United States68.5%
8 Cyprus68.1%
9 United Arab Emirates68.0%
10 Kuwait67.8%
11 Ireland67.4%
12 Georgia67.3%
13 Oman67.1%
14 Lebanon66.7%
15 Morocco66.4%
16 Saudi Arabia66.1%
17 United Kingdom65.3%
18 Qatar64.5%
19 Australia63.3%
20 Romania62.6%
21 Singapore61.4%
22 Bahrain60.4%
23 Norway57.8%
24 New Zealand57.7%
25 Portugal56.7%
26 Chile52.0%
27 Malaysia50.5%
28 Lithuania49.6%
29 Sweden49.0%
30 Italy48.3%
31 France45.3%
32 Russian Federation42.0%
33 Hungary40.6%
34 Finland36.5%
35 Kazakhstan35.2%
36 Hong Kong, China30.6%
37 Republic of Korea28.7%
38 Taiwan27.2%
39 Japan 18.9%

Note
United Kingdom: England only.

No data for 199 countries.

Source
TIMSS 2019 > International Database > TIMSS 2019 Data Almanacs - Grade 8

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -1.502429 X +6.946
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.220
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.048

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data39
Regression equation
Y = -332.569968 X +35638.250
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.002
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -11.188413 X +84.269
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.308
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.095

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 1.887811 X +0.729
Correlation coefficient (r)0.471
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.222

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -23.266142 X +22.680
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.560
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.314