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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about learning mathematics? - Mathematics is boring.
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 Sweden24.7%
2 Australia22.2%
3 United States22.0%
4 United Kingdom20.8%
5 Italy19.1%
6 France 15.4%
7 Republic of Korea14.9%
8 Japan8.6%

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 = 7.446179 X +5.241
Correlation coefficient (r)0.851
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.724

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 216004.321907 X +8309.327
Correlation coefficient (r)0.698
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.487

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -21.134058 X +85.964
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.430
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.185

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 3.029794 X +0.913
Correlation coefficient (r)0.474
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.225

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -19.032850 X +15.063
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.196
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.038