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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about learning science? - Science 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 States10.9%
2 Canada9.2%
2 France 9.2%
4 Germany8.8%
5 Sweden8.7%
6 United Kingdom8.5%
7 Australia7.8%
8 Italy6.7%
9 Republic of Korea4.3%
10 Japan2.4%

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 = 11.870073 X +5.746
Correlation coefficient (r)0.731
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.534

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 418687.505367 X +16901.006
Correlation coefficient (r)0.739
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.546

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -62.567626 X +86.786
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.692
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.479

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 8.370116 X +0.839
Correlation coefficient (r)0.717
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.514

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -53.384285 X +15.184
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.295
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.087