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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about mathematics? - My parents think that it is important that I do well in mathematics.
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 States68.5%
2 United Kingdom65.3%
3 Australia63.3%
4 Sweden49.0%
5 Italy48.3%
6 France 45.3%
7 Republic of Korea28.7%
8 Japan18.9%

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 = 1.784071 X +5.752
Correlation coefficient (r)0.689
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.475

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 69973.506831 X +14313.201
Correlation coefficient (r)0.764
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.584

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -9.991806 X +86.900
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.688
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.473

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 1.183961 X +0.899
Correlation coefficient (r)0.626
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.392

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -10.388541 X +16.578
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.362
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.131