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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about learning science? - I look forward to science lessons.
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 Egypt69.0%
2 Jordan65.7%
3 Saudi Arabia53.2%
4 South Africa52.3%
5 Kuwait51.1%
6 United Arab Emirates49.6%
7 Bahrain49.3%
8 Oman48.6%
9 Qatar43.9%
10 Iran40.3%
11 Turkiye38.4%
12 Singapore34.5%
13 United States33.8%
14 Malaysia32.9%
15 Chile27.5%
16 Ireland26.5%
17 Australia26.1%
18 New Zealand25.6%
19 Hong Kong, China24.6%
20 United Kingdom23.6%
21 Israel23.0%
22 Norway21.4%
23 Taiwan19.3%
24 Italy17.8%
25 Japan 16.0%
26 Republic of Korea9.6%

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 = -3.195874 X +7.268
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.550
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.303

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -73714.228151 X +67607.870
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.387
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.150

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -24.748384 X +87.564
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.727
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.529

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 2.629708 X +0.863
Correlation coefficient (r)0.682
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.465

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -13.425349 X +13.008
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.386
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.149