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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about learning science? - I enjoy learning 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 Egypt76.9%
2 Jordan72.8%
3 Turkiye72.4%
4 Iran65.3%
5 Oman64.6%
6 Saudi Arabia60.5%
7 Kuwait60.1%
8 United Arab Emirates55.4%
9 South Africa54.8%
10 Malaysia54.3%
11 Bahrain54.1%
12 Qatar51.0%
13 Singapore42.2%
14 United States39.5%
15 Israel35.6%
16 Australia33.2%
17 Chile32.8%
18 Ireland32.3%
19 Italy32.2%
20 New Zealand31.7%
21 Hong Kong, China30.5%
22 Norway30.4%
23 United Kingdom29.4%
24 Japan 23.9%
25 Taiwan22.8%
26 Republic of Korea14.8%

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 = -3.257092 X +7.597
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.622
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.387

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -82950.762459 X +78861.815
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.487
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.237

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -22.427484 X +88.935
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.728
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.530

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 2.322803 X +0.745
Correlation coefficient (r)0.666
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.444

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -17.302254 X +16.163
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.547
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.299