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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about learning mathematics? - Mathematics is boring.
Choices: "Agree a lot" "Agree a little" "Disagree a little" "Disagree a lot"
Data: % of "Agree a lot"
Period:
Area:
10 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States15.6%
2 Sweden13.8%
3 Canada12.7%
4 Germany12.6%
5 Australia12.0%
6 United Kingdom9.3%
7 Italy9.2%
8 Republic of Korea9.1%
9 France 6.6%
10 Japan4.0%

Note
Belgium: The Flemish Community only. United Kingdom: England only.

Source
TIMSS 2019 > International Database > TIMSS 2019 Data Almanacs - Grade 4

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 8.208501 X +5.793
Correlation coefficient (r)0.698
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.487

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 334286.798439 X +13863.915
Correlation coefficient (r)0.814
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.663

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -38.305888 X +86.018
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.585
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.342

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 2.632651 X +1.203
Correlation coefficient (r)0.312
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.097

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 11.012267 X +9.945
Correlation coefficient (r)0.084
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007