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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about mathematics? - My teacher tells me I am good at 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 States24.9%
2 Sweden19.0%
3 United Kingdom18.6%
4 Italy17.3%
5 Australia14.9%
6 Republic of Korea9.8%
7 France 6.9%
8 Japan3.8%

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 = 3.723524 X +6.080
Correlation coefficient (r)0.574
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.329

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 160197.939450 X +25120.622
Correlation coefficient (r)0.699
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.489

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -26.306550 X +85.851
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.723
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.523

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 1.412455 X +1.269
Correlation coefficient (r)0.298
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.089

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -12.409347 X +13.336
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.172
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.030