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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about learning science? - science is boring.
Choices: "Agree a lot" "Agree a little" "Disagree a little" "Disagree a lot"
Data: % of "Agree a lot"
Period:
Area:
6 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United Kingdom14.9%
2 Australia14.3%
3 United States13.2%
4 Republic of Korea12.7%
5 Japan6.5%
6 Italy 6.3%

Note
United Kingdom: England only.

No data for 4 countries.

Source
TIMSS 2019 > International Database > TIMSS 2019 Data Almanacs - Grade 8

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 7.104232 X +5.692
Correlation coefficient (r)0.673
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.453

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 278994.353896 X +16256.306
Correlation coefficient (r)0.583
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.340

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -33.100285 X +85.579
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.432
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.187

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 3.144174 X +1.024
Correlation coefficient (r)0.365
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.133

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 45.172581 X +6.616
Correlation coefficient (r)0.296
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.088