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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about mathematics? - I am good at working out difficult mathematics problems.
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 States37.4%
2 United Kingdom31.9%
3 Canada31.7%
4 Australia30.4%
5 Italy29.1%
6 Germany26.0%
7 France 25.1%
8 Sweden21.8%
9 Japan16.8%
10 Republic of Korea14.1%

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 = 2.818245 X +5.910
Correlation coefficient (r)0.492
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.242

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 140988.213123 X +11667.415
Correlation coefficient (r)0.706
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.498

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -22.654936 X +87.988
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.711
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.506

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 2.348059 X +0.858
Correlation coefficient (r)0.571
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.326

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -30.893172 X +19.265
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.485
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.235