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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about learning science? - Science teaches me how things in the world work.
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 Italy71.0%
2 United States67.6%
3 Canada63.3%
4 Germany62.2%
5 Australia61.2%
6 United Kingdom60.9%
7 France 58.0%
8 Sweden51.8%
9 Republic of Korea39.7%
10 Japan36.2%

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

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

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 1.637237 X +5.718
Correlation coefficient (r)0.451
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.203

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 62388.513030 X +13250.609
Correlation coefficient (r)0.493
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.243

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -11.355412 X +88.494
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.562
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.316

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 1.270002 X +0.753
Correlation coefficient (r)0.487
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.237

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -25.675154 X +25.784
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.636
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.404