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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about learning science? - I like science.
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 Italy40.0%
2 United States 39.9%
3 Australia32.2%
4 United Kingdom29.5%
5 Japan20.3%
6 Republic of Korea14.9%

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 = 2.387079 X +5.792
Correlation coefficient (r)0.595
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.354

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 105381.233763 X +16776.830
Correlation coefficient (r)0.580
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.336

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -17.456446 X +86.977
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.600
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.360

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 2.190859 X +0.734
Correlation coefficient (r)0.669
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.448

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -36.763474 X +22.561
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.635
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.403