Tweet
Question: How much do you agree with these statements about mathematics? - Learning mathematics will give me more job opportunities when I am an adult.
Choices: "Agree a lot" "Agree a little" "Disagree a little" "Disagree a lot"
Data: % of "Agree a lot"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States56.9%
2 Australia54.9%
3 United Kingdom54.7%
4 Italy42.6%
5 France 39.9%
6 Sweden39.6%
7 Republic of Korea27.5%
8 Japan24.4%

Note
United Kingdom: England only.

No data for 2 countries.

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

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 2.317128 X +5.630
Correlation coefficient (r)0.630
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.397

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 98809.484153 X +6133.338
Correlation coefficient (r)0.759
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.576

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -14.101198 X +88.064
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.682
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.465

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 1.681677 X +0.757
Correlation coefficient (r)0.625
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.391

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -16.040212 X +18.376
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.393
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.154