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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about science? - science is more difficult for me than for many of my classmates.
Choices: "Agree a lot" "Agree a little" "Disagree a little" "Disagree a lot"
Data: % of "Agree a lot"
Period:
Area:
6 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United Kingdom13.6%
2 Japan11.4%
3 Australia 8.7%
4 United States8.5%
5 Republic of Korea7.6%
6 Italy5.7%

Note
United Kingdom: England only.

No data for 4 countries.

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

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 2.557317 X +6.259
Correlation coefficient (r)0.176
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.031

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 7915.062288 X +47097.023
Correlation coefficient (r)0.012
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -5.662514 X +82.357
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.054
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 4.094627 X +1.001
Correlation coefficient (r)0.344
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.118

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -27.964012 X +14.315
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.133
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018