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Question: Think about your goals in school: how true are the following statements for you? - My goal is to understand the content of my classes as thoroughly as possible.
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 Canada62.5%
2 United States62.0%
3 Germany61.7%
4 Republic of Korea57.8%
5 Australia57.2%
6 France 56.3%
7 Sweden55.6%
8 United Kingdom55.1%
9 Italy39.0%
10 Japan36.7%

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 = 2.461748 X +5.316
Correlation coefficient (r)0.545
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.297

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 97614.285771 X -4161.810
Correlation coefficient (r)0.619
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.383

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -12.160112 X +88.614
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.483
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.233

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 1.024920 X +0.922
Correlation coefficient (r)0.316
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.100

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 15.108058 X +2.883
Correlation coefficient (r)0.300
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.090