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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about science? - science is harder for me than any other subject.
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 Kingdom15.6%
2 Japan14.3%
3 Republic of Korea13.1%
4 United States 9.8%
5 Australia9.6%
6 Italy7.3%

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 = -3.153506 X +6.862
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.246
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.061

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -188258.541660 X +69698.534
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.324
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.105

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 15.149052 X +80.074
Correlation coefficient (r)0.163
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -1.825688 X +1.592
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.174
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.030

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 46.613894 X +6.313
Correlation coefficient (r)0.252
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.064