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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about science? - I think learning science 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 United States40.1%
2 Sweden37.3%
3 United Kingdom34.6%
4 Australia32.2%
5 Italy32.0%
6 France 27.6%
7 Republic of Korea23.1%
8 Japan20.0%

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 = 5.061940 X +5.054
Correlation coefficient (r)0.764
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.584

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 181759.800883 X -7906.494
Correlation coefficient (r)0.776
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.602

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -25.796938 X +90.024
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.694
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.482

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 2.774641 X +0.616
Correlation coefficient (r)0.573
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.328

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -20.840537 X +17.981
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.283
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.080