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Question: Think about your goals in school: how true are the following statements for you? - My goal is to completely master the material presented in my classes.
Choices: "Not at all true of me" "Slightly true of me" "Moderately true of me" "Very true of me" "Extremely true of me"
Data: % of "Very true of me" "Extremely true of me"
Period:
Area:
10 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States49.5%
2 Republic of Korea45.7%
3 Canada44.7%
4 Australia40.2%
5 Sweden37.6%
6 Germany37.5%
7 United Kingdom32.3%
8 Italy31.9%
9 Japan30.0%
10 France 26.3%

Note
The data of Azerbaijan are collected only in Baku. The data of China are collected only in Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang.

Source
OECD PISA 2018 Compendia

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 1.019893 X +6.271
Correlation coefficient (r)0.186
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.035

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 111491.686275 X +7043.173
Correlation coefficient (r)0.583
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.340

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -13.171480 X +86.949
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.431
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.186

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -0.936149 X +1.831
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.238
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.057

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 36.444033 X -2.592
Correlation coefficient (r)0.597
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.356