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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? - Spread lies about me
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 Romania61.8%
2 South Africa60.6%
3 Chile59.3%
4 Malaysia57.5%
5 Russian Federation56.6%
6 Italy54.1%
7 United Kingdom52.2%
8 Morocco51.6%
8 Turkiye51.6%
10 Hong Kong, China51.1%
11 Singapore50.9%
12 Australia50.7%
13 Qatar50.6%
14 Bahrain50.3%
15 New Zealand49.7%
16 United States49.4%
17 Cyprus49.3%
18 Hungary48.4%
19 France48.1%
20 Kuwait47.3%
20 United Arab Emirates47.3%
22 Lebanon46.0%
23 Oman45.1%
24 Ireland43.4%
25 Egypt40.7%
26 Portugal40.6%
27 Jordan38.8%
27 Sweden38.8%
29 Norway38.7%
30 Saudi Arabia37.6%
31 Iran37.1%
32 Lithuania36.4%
33 Kazakhstan33.5%
34 Taiwan33.4%
35 Finland31.8%
36 Japan 29.5%
37 Republic of Korea26.5%
38 Georgia26.2%

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 = -0.260640 X +6.182
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.024
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -5815.396141 X +37588.110
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.020
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -9.037053 X +81.817
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.159
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.025

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -0.459953 X +1.995
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.077
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -8.520268 X +13.082
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.137
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.019