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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about mathematics? - I would like a job that involves using mathematics.
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 States20.6%
2 Australia17.0%
3 Italy16.3%
4 United Kingdom15.5%
5 Sweden12.1%
6 France 11.9%
7 Republic of Korea7.0%
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 = 4.883068 X +5.961
Correlation coefficient (r)0.521
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.271

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 246768.786127 X +15122.108
Correlation coefficient (r)0.744
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.554

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -38.668112 X +87.244
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.735
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.540

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 3.789138 X +0.965
Correlation coefficient (r)0.553
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.306

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -45.030708 X +17.583
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.433
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.187