Tweet
Question: How much do you agree with these statements about learning science? - I like to conduct science experiments.
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 Jordan77.0%
2 Egypt73.8%
3 Oman72.3%
4 Kuwait70.3%
5 Bahrain67.5%
6 Turkiye65.3%
7 Saudi Arabia65.1%
7 United Arab Emirates65.1%
9 Iran64.1%
10 Norway63.9%
11 Qatar63.0%
12 Ireland61.0%
13 Israel58.9%
14 Australia56.8%
15 United Kingdom56.4%
16 Italy55.5%
17 Malaysia54.2%
18 United States53.7%
19 New Zealand53.1%
20 South Africa51.8%
21 Singapore50.7%
22 Chile48.0%
23 Hong Kong, China39.4%
24 Taiwan37.1%
25 Japan 35.5%
26 Republic of Korea25.1%

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 = -1.583265 X +7.052
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.215
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.046

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -19249.120171 X +52413.555
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.081
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -19.455695 X +89.877
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.443
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.196

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 3.549489 X -0.241
Correlation coefficient (r)0.714
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.510

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -34.066964 X +28.075
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.729
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.531