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Question: How far in your education do you expect to go?
Choices: "Finish Lower secondary education" "Finish Upper secondary education" "Finish Post-secondary, non-tertiary education" "Finish Short-cycle tertiary education" "Finish Bachelorfs or equivalent level" "Finish Postgraduate degree"
Data: % of "Finish Postgraduate degree"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States42.1%
2 Italy30.7%
3 France 26.3%
4 Sweden23.5%
5 Australia23.1%
6 United Kingdom15.9%
7 Republic of Korea9.6%
8 Japan3.5%

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 = 1.700181 X +6.244
Correlation coefficient (r)0.453
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.205

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 89475.661661 X +28649.877
Correlation coefficient (r)0.673
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.453

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -15.278347 X +85.399
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.724
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.524

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 1.429384 X +1.160
Correlation coefficient (r)0.521
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.271

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -11.021182 X +13.956
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.264
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.070