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Question: How often do you feel this way when you arrive at school? - I feel hungry.
Choices: "Every day" "Almost every day" "Sometimes" "Never"
Data: % of "Every day" "Almost every day"
Period:
Area:
39 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Romania53.4%
2 Chile52.6%
3 Republic of Korea50.5%
4 France48.9%
5 Malaysia46.6%
6 Turkiye46.4%
7 Taiwan43.9%
8 Italy43.3%
9 Bahrain42.8%
10 Qatar42.0%
11 Hong Kong, China40.1%
12 Egypt38.8%
13 Jordan38.1%
14 United Arab Emirates37.9%
15 Lebanon36.9%
16 Singapore36.4%
17 Morocco35.6%
18 United States32.8%
19 South Africa32.6%
20 Sweden32.5%
21 Oman31.7%
22 Finland31.3%
23 Kuwait30.4%
24 Hungary29.2%
25 Saudi Arabia27.5%
26 Australia27.2%
27 Israel26.7%
28 Georgia26.5%
29 United Kingdom25.5%
30 New Zealand25.2%
31 Cyprus24.9%
32 Norway23.8%
33 Russian Federation23.7%
34 Japan 23.5%
35 Ireland22.0%
36 Portugal20.9%
37 Iran16.7%
38 Kazakhstan16.6%
39 Lithuania14.1%

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 = -1.725031 X +6.670
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.174
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.030

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data39
Regression equation
Y = -35030.112491 X +47121.316
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.132
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 3.742065 X +76.582
Correlation coefficient (r)0.074
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -0.705609 X +2.050
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.126
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -13.386956 X +13.494
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.242
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.059