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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about science? - I would like a job that involves using science.
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 Egypt65.2%
2 Jordan57.1%
3 South Africa50.9%
4 Iran49.2%
5 Kuwait48.7%
6 United Arab Emirates48.5%
7 Oman48.0%
8 Saudi Arabia47.9%
9 Lebanon45.3%
10 Morocco45.1%
11 Qatar44.1%
12 Bahrain44.0%
13 Turkiye41.6%
14 Singapore33.6%
15 Georgia33.4%
15 Malaysia33.4%
17 United States32.0%
18 Israel28.9%
19 Cyprus28.4%
20 Romania27.5%
21 Portugal27.1%
21 Russian Federation27.1%
23 United Kingdom26.6%
24 Chile26.4%
24 Kazakhstan26.4%
26 Australia24.1%
27 Italy22.9%
28 Hong Kong, China22.4%
29 Ireland21.2%
30 New Zealand21.1%
31 Norway18.9%
32 Lithuania18.8%
33 Hungary18.5%
34 France18.2%
35 Sweden16.9%
36 Taiwan13.9%
37 Finland13.5%
38 Republic of Korea12.3%
39 Japan 10.1%

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 = -4.499280 X +7.494
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.596
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.355

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data39
Regression equation
Y = -72684.628571 X +58544.177
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.368
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.135

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -21.743800 X +84.830
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.570
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.325

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 2.433166 X +1.033
Correlation coefficient (r)0.580
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.336

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -20.106357 X +15.633
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.483
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.233