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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about science? - I am good at working out difficult science problems.
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 Egypt54.9%
2 Jordan53.0%
3 Iran39.4%
4 Saudi Arabia37.9%
5 Bahrain37.3%
5 Kuwait37.3%
7 Oman35.9%
8 United Arab Emirates35.4%
9 Qatar33.7%
10 Israel33.5%
11 Turkiye33.2%
12 South Africa29.9%
13 United States28.0%
14 Norway16.6%
14 Singapore16.6%
16 United Kingdom16.4%
17 Chile16.0%
18 Ireland15.4%
19 Australia15.2%
20 Hong Kong, China14.7%
21 Italy14.2%
22 New Zealand12.0%
23 Malaysia11.8%
24 Taiwan8.9%
25 Republic of Korea8.3%
26 Japan 5.5%

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 = -3.472110 X +7.017
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.529
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.280

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -76624.398019 X +60902.587
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.356
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.127

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -23.967117 X +84.864
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.618
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.382

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 3.326654 X +0.946
Correlation coefficient (r)0.758
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.575

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -19.543171 X +13.278
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.493
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.243