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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about science? - I need to do well in science to get the job I want.
Choices: "Agree a lot" "Agree a little" "Disagree a little" "Disagree a lot"
Data: % of "Agree a lot"
Period:
Area:
39 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Egypt71.0%
2 Jordan66.2%
3 Oman63.2%
4 Kuwait61.4%
5 Saudi Arabia61.1%
6 Iran60.7%
7 South Africa60.2%
8 United Arab Emirates58.1%
9 Bahrain56.5%
10 Morocco54.6%
11 Qatar53.1%
12 Lebanon52.7%
13 Turkiye50.5%
14 Malaysia49.7%
15 Georgia46.2%
16 Singapore43.8%
17 United States39.7%
18 Cyprus38.6%
19 United Kingdom38.3%
20 Russian Federation38.2%
21 Israel38.0%
22 Kazakhstan34.3%
23 Lithuania33.4%
24 Portugal32.4%
25 Romania31.9%
26 Australia31.8%
27 Chile29.3%
28 Ireland28.9%
29 New Zealand28.7%
30 Italy25.7%
31 Hong Kong, China25.6%
32 France25.3%
33 Hungary24.8%
34 Norway24.3%
35 Sweden23.7%
36 Republic of Korea23.2%
37 Japan 22.2%
38 Finland20.1%
39 Taiwan16.1%

Note
United Kingdom: England only.

No data for 199 countries.

Source
TIMSS 2019 > International Database > TIMSS 2019 Data Almanacs - Grade 8

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -3.831306 X +7.618
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.554
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.307

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data39
Regression equation
Y = -66751.932390 X +62552.099
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.372
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.138

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -20.416772 X +86.240
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.583
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.340

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 2.192596 X +0.913
Correlation coefficient (r)0.568
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.323

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -16.959886 X +16.163
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.439
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.193