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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about mathematics? - I think learning mathematics will help me in my daily life.
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 Australia46.9%
2 Italy44.4%
3 United States43.6%
4 United Kingdom40.2%
5 France 38.4%
6 Sweden34.8%
7 Japan24.8%
8 Republic of Korea14.3%

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 = 2.440107 X +5.739
Correlation coefficient (r)0.595
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.354

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 85737.723941 X +17387.848
Correlation coefficient (r)0.591
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.349

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -10.135559 X +85.704
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.440
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.194

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 2.226592 X +0.673
Correlation coefficient (r)0.743
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.552

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -32.576346 X +23.252
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.716
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.513