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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about science? - My teacher tells me I am good at science.
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 Egypt63.5%
2 Jordan60.3%
3 Saudi Arabia55.0%
4 Iran49.6%
5 Bahrain49.4%
6 Oman47.8%
7 Kuwait46.2%
8 United Arab Emirates40.1%
9 Qatar39.5%
10 Israel37.7%
11 Turkiye35.9%
12 United States27.5%
13 South Africa22.0%
14 Norway21.4%
15 Ireland19.5%
16 United Kingdom19.0%
17 Italy18.3%
18 Australia15.5%
19 New Zealand12.7%
20 Chile12.4%
21 Singapore12.0%
22 Hong Kong, China11.1%
23 Malaysia10.7%
24 Republic of Korea8.0%
25 Taiwan7.6%
26 Japan 3.5%

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 = -2.199881 X +6.766
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.437
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.191

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -50011.471087 X +55775.600
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.306
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.094

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -15.041079 X +83.056
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.512
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.262

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 2.443624 X +1.092
Correlation coefficient (r)0.735
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.540

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -17.646433 X +13.437
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.582
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.339