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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about mathematics? - Mathematics is harder for me than any other subject.
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 Italy23.3%
2 Japan22.9%
3 United States20.4%
4 Australia18.0%
5 France 17.4%
6 Sweden16.6%
7 Republic of Korea16.3%
8 United Kingdom14.8%

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 = -6.499720 X +7.832
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.448
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.201

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -71595.100995 X +61586.358
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.139
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.019

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 2.474774 X +81.599
Correlation coefficient (r)0.030
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -1.760682 X +1.802
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.166
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.028

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -42.130544 X +19.432
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.261
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.068