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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about mathematics? - Mathematics makes me confused.
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 States21.4%
2 Australia20.2%
3 Italy19.0%
4 United Kingdom18.2%
5 Republic of Korea17.0%
6 Sweden16.9%
7 Japan16.3%
8 France 16.2%

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 = 6.994922 X +5.346
Correlation coefficient (r)0.293
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.086

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 623049.414063 X -64894.344
Correlation coefficient (r)0.737
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.543

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -91.777344 X +98.720
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.685
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.469

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 4.015625 X +0.744
Correlation coefficient (r)0.230
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.053

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -27.396484 X +16.521
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.103
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011