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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about science? - I need science 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 States30.2%
2 United Kingdom28.3%
3 Australia24.0%
4 Sweden23.9%
5 France 21.8%
6 Italy19.6%
7 Republic of Korea17.1%
8 Japan12.6%

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 = 5.446863 X +5.407
Correlation coefficient (r)0.687
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.472

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 219064.385322 X -415.785
Correlation coefficient (r)0.781
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.610

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -35.294149 X +89.893
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.793
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.629

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 3.549152 X +0.685
Correlation coefficient (r)0.613
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.376

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -17.233722 X +15.372
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.196
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.038