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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about learning mathematics? - I like any schoolwork that involves numbers.
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 France 46.4%
2 Italy44.6%
3 Germany39.9%
4 Canada36.2%
5 United Kingdom35.4%
6 United States35.1%
7 Australia32.1%
8 Sweden31.7%
9 Japan23.4%
10 Republic of Korea20.6%

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 = 1.484269 X +6.142
Correlation coefficient (r)0.295
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.087

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 21908.045560 X +41363.561
Correlation coefficient (r)0.125
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -8.540910 X +84.950
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.305
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.093

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 2.097475 X +0.755
Correlation coefficient (r)0.580
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.336

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -42.904272 X +25.919
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.767
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.588