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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about learning mathematics? - I like any schoolwork that involves numbers.
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 States14.6%
2 Italy14.2%
3 Sweden13.1%
4 United Kingdom11.1%
5 Australia10.7%
6 Republic of Korea9.4%
7 France 9.2%
8 Japan6.8%

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 = 8.056423 X +5.718
Correlation coefficient (r)0.476
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.227

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 321007.598225 X +12436.904
Correlation coefficient (r)0.536
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.287

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -56.959729 X +88.406
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.600
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.360

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 2.861345 X +1.154
Correlation coefficient (r)0.231
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.053

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -50.894630 X +17.217
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.271
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.073