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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about learning science? - Science teaches me how things in the world work.
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 States48.9%
2 Italy46.4%
3 Australia42.9%
4 United Kingdom 38.4%
5 Republic of Korea21.1%
6 Japan16.1%

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 = 2.205452 X +5.710
Correlation coefficient (r)0.739
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.546

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 89311.758939 X +16004.410
Correlation coefficient (r)0.660
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.436

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -13.737101 X +86.728
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.634
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.402

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 1.585457 X +0.815
Correlation coefficient (r)0.651
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.424

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -21.870490 X +19.522
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.508
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.258