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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about mathematics? - I am good at working out difficult mathematics problems.
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 States22.1%
2 United Kingdom16.9%
3 Australia14.2%
4 Sweden12.9%
5 Italy12.1%
6 France 10.8%
7 Republic of Korea9.0%
8 Japan6.4%

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 = 4.947710 X +5.970
Correlation coefficient (r)0.525
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.276

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 272043.392445 X +12687.462
Correlation coefficient (r)0.817
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.667

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -47.822786 X +88.303
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.905
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.819

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 3.342038 X +1.036
Correlation coefficient (r)0.486
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.236

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -14.596441 X +13.454
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.140
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020