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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about your science lessons? - I know what my teacher expects me to do.
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 Iran64.3%
2 Egypt63.7%
3 United States63.3%
4 Jordan63.0%
5 Turkiye60.1%
6 South Africa59.5%
7 United Arab Emirates55.1%
8 Bahrain54.8%
9 Saudi Arabia53.4%
10 Kuwait52.7%
11 Israel51.3%
12 Qatar49.4%
13 Oman45.9%
14 New Zealand45.8%
14 United Kingdom45.8%
16 Australia45.7%
17 Ireland41.2%
18 Taiwan40.8%
19 Malaysia39.3%
20 Singapore37.9%
21 Italy33.1%
22 Norway32.3%
23 Hong Kong, China32.1%
24 Chile31.2%
25 Republic of Korea10.8%
26 Japan 6.0%

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 = -1.807314 X +6.977
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.305
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.093

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -42848.735702 X +60844.321
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.216
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.047

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -22.038264 X +88.641
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.637
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.406

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 2.505801 X +0.674
Correlation coefficient (r)0.639
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.408

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -13.245319 X +14.189
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.373
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.139