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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about learning mathematics? - Mathematics is one of my favorite subjects.
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 States27.8%
2 Italy24.5%
3 Australia18.5%
4 France 17.8%
5 Sweden15.4%
6 United Kingdom14.9%
7 Japan14.1%
8 Republic of Korea12.4%

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 = 1.182735 X +6.401
Correlation coefficient (r)0.139
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.019

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 161767.146938 X +18787.946
Correlation coefficient (r)0.537
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.288

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -33.291517 X +88.113
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.696
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.484

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 2.002981 X +1.108
Correlation coefficient (r)0.322
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.104

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -30.730220 X +17.134
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.325
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.106