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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about learning mathematics? - I like to solve 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 States21.7%
2 Australia17.5%
3 Italy17.2%
3 United Kingdom17.2%
5 Sweden16.5%
6 France 14.6%
7 Japan13.3%
8 Republic of Korea11.3%

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 = 8.101487 X +5.306
Correlation coefficient (r)0.557
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.310

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 420614.920560 X -19792.762
Correlation coefficient (r)0.817
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.667

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -64.597185 X +92.503
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.791
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.626

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 6.414247 X +0.436
Correlation coefficient (r)0.603
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.364

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -60.587148 X +21.341
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.375
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.141