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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about mathematics? - Mathematics makes me nervous.
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 Italy16.9%
2 United States14.0%
3 Republic of Korea13.6%
4 Australia12.2%
5 France 11.2%
6 Sweden10.0%
7 Japan9.6%
8 United Kingdom9.4%

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 = -5.200420 X +7.246
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.297
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.088

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -9524.714829 X +49342.806
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.015
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -20.760456 X +84.577
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.211
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.045

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -4.666055 X +2.038
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.365
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.133

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -7.918972 X +12.508
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.041
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002