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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about mathematics? - I need mathematics to learn other school subjects.
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 Kingdom37.7%
2 United States35.9%
3 Australia34.6%
4 France 32.6%
5 Sweden26.6%
6 Italy20.8%
7 Japan18.3%
8 Republic of Korea17.1%

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 = 3.604858 X +5.608
Correlation coefficient (r)0.659
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.434

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 139398.288584 X +9227.303
Correlation coefficient (r)0.720
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.518

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -19.414839 X +87.489
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.632
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.399

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 3.217053 X +0.573
Correlation coefficient (r)0.805
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.648

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -19.110781 X +16.890
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.315
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.099