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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about learning mathematics? - I look forward to mathematics lessons.
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 States20.2%
2 Australia12.6%
3 United Kingdom12.1%
4 Sweden9.3%
5 Italy8.6%
6 Japan7.8%
7 France 6.1%
8 Republic of Korea5.0%

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 = 3.990068 X +6.208
Correlation coefficient (r)0.421
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.177

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 290718.091454 X +18499.540
Correlation coefficient (r)0.866
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.750

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -45.276758 X +86.686
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.850
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.722

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 3.177573 X +1.148
Correlation coefficient (r)0.459
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.211

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -8.017847 X +12.368
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.076
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006