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Question: During this school year, how often have other students from your school done any of the following things to you, including through texting or the Internet? - Said mean things about my physical appearance (e.g., my hair, my size)
Choices: "At least once a week" "Once or twice a month" "A few times a year" "Never"
Data: % of "At least once a week" "Once or twice a month" "A few times a year"
Period:
Area:
38 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Malaysia69.2%
2 South Africa66.9%
3 Singapore57.1%
4 New Zealand55.7%
5 United Kingdom54.2%
6 Australia53.0%
7 United States52.2%
8 Lithuania52.0%
9 Hong Kong, China51.5%
10 Romania49.0%
11 United Arab Emirates48.7%
12 Qatar48.1%
13 Morocco47.6%
14 Bahrain46.6%
15 Chile46.0%
16 Ireland45.0%
17 France44.5%
18 Sweden44.1%
19 Turkiye43.1%
20 Oman42.2%
21 Finland41.7%
22 Republic of Korea41.6%
23 Lebanon41.0%
24 Norway40.7%
25 Cyprus40.6%
26 Kuwait40.5%
27 Hungary39.7%
28 Egypt38.7%
29 Taiwan37.3%
30 Russian Federation36.4%
31 Saudi Arabia35.7%
32 Italy35.2%
33 Portugal33.1%
34 Jordan32.3%
35 Japan 29.4%
36 Iran28.2%
37 Georgia28.0%
38 Kazakhstan24.3%

Note
United Kingdom: England only.

No data for 200 countries.

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

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = 2.213081 X +5.099
Correlation coefficient (r)0.217
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.047

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 70073.860650 X +4320.555
Correlation coefficient (r)0.252
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.064

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = 1.131258 X +77.195
Correlation coefficient (r)0.022
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -1.326720 X +2.367
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.241
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.058

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = 9.527365 X +5.044
Correlation coefficient (r)0.165
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027