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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about science? - My parents think that it is important that I do well in science.
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 States54.1%
2 United Kingdom52.4%
3 Australia41.2%
4 Sweden31.6%
5 Italy30.6%
6 France 26.0%
7 Republic of Korea16.7%
8 Japan16.5%

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 = 1.790112 X +6.014
Correlation coefficient (r)0.570
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.325

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 83404.521291 X +20133.929
Correlation coefficient (r)0.751
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.564

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -13.842464 X +86.719
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.785
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.616

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 1.278139 X +1.043
Correlation coefficient (r)0.557
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.310

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -11.426934 X +15.392
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.328
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.108