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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about science? - Learning science 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 States47.6%
2 United Kingdom46.6%
3 Australia39.2%
4 Sweden29.2%
5 Italy29.0%
6 France 27.3%
7 Republic of Korea25.7%
8 Japan17.8%

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 = 2.182527 X +5.900
Correlation coefficient (r)0.506
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.256

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 110956.630504 X +11795.350
Correlation coefficient (r)0.726
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.527

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -19.098915 X +88.327
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.788
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.621

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 1.390938 X +1.016
Correlation coefficient (r)0.441
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.194

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -8.449904 X +14.320
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.176
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.031