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Question: In science lessons, how often does your teacher ask you to conduct science experiments?
Choices: "At least once a week" "Once or twice a month" "A few times a year" "Never"
Data: % of "At least once a week"
Period:
Area:
26 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Hong Kong, China57.2%
2 Egypt48.6%
3 Oman46.5%
4 Kuwait45.0%
5 South Africa41.6%
6 Jordan40.6%
7 Australia39.0%
8 New Zealand37.4%
9 Ireland34.8%
10 Japan 34.6%
11 Qatar32.9%
12 Iran32.3%
13 United Kingdom32.1%
14 Malaysia28.7%
15 United Arab Emirates28.1%
16 Saudi Arabia27.1%
17 Bahrain20.1%
18 United States19.9%
19 Israel15.8%
20 Turkiye14.8%
21 Norway14.0%
22 Taiwan13.3%
23 Singapore11.7%
24 Chile10.9%
25 Republic of Korea6.0%
26 Italy3.5%

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 = -2.242381 X +6.776
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.347
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.120

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -34188.292151 X +51106.799
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.164
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -11.786214 X +82.022
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.316
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.100

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 1.328926 X +1.430
Correlation coefficient (r)0.315
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.099

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -6.115649 X +9.785
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.148
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022