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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about mathematics? - Mathematics is not one of my strengths.
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 Japan31.8%
2 Italy29.8%
3 France 26.8%
4 Sweden26.3%
5 Australia25.8%
6 United States24.6%
7 United Kingdom24.4%
8 Republic of Korea12.8%

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 = 1.247591 X +6.300
Correlation coefficient (r)0.154
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.024

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 13774.361297 X +44705.933
Correlation coefficient (r)0.048
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 3.541174 X +81.167
Correlation coefficient (r)0.078
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 3.040165 X +0.704
Correlation coefficient (r)0.515
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.265

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -66.284927 X +28.311
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.739
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.546