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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about learning science? - I like 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 Egypt72.5%
2 Turkiye71.4%
3 Jordan69.5%
4 Iran63.6%
5 Oman60.4%
6 Saudi Arabia58.5%
7 Kuwait56.2%
8 United Arab Emirates53.8%
9 South Africa53.5%
10 Bahrain52.4%
11 Malaysia49.6%
12 Qatar48.5%
13 Singapore40.8%
14 Italy40.0%
15 United States39.9%
16 Israel35.6%
17 Chile33.9%
18 Ireland32.8%
19 Australia32.2%
20 Norway30.8%
21 New Zealand30.3%
22 United Kingdom29.5%
23 Hong Kong, China27.8%
24 Taiwan22.9%
25 Japan 20.3%
26 Republic of Korea14.9%

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 = -3.370568 X +7.612
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.606
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.367

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -87594.206041 X +79882.902
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.481
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.231

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -23.887199 X +89.301
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.725
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.526

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 2.445064 X +0.720
Correlation coefficient (r)0.656
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.430

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -19.166069 X +16.799
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.563
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.317