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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about mathematics? - I am just not good at mathematics.
Choices: "Agree a lot" "Agree a little" "Disagree a little" "Disagree a lot"
Data: % of "Agree a lot"
Period:
Area:
28 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Chile19.8%
2 Spain17.6%
3 Poland17.3%
4 Lithuania16.9%
5 Japan15.5%
6 Portugal14.8%
7 Czech Republic13.2%
8 United States13.1%
9 New Zealand13.0%
10 Latvia12.9%
11 Netherlands11.3%
12 Italy11.0%
13 Ireland10.9%
13 United Kingdom10.9%
15 Germany10.8%
16 Belgium10.7%
16 France10.7%
18 Australia10.4%
19 Canada10.3%
20 Austria 10.0%
21 Turkiye9.5%
22 Finland9.4%
22 Hungary9.4%
24 Denmark9.1%
25 Sweden8.8%
26 Slovakia8.7%
27 Norway8.6%
28 Republic of Korea8.5%

Note
Belgium: The Flemish Community only. United Kingdom: England only.

No data for 10 countries.

Source
TIMSS 2019 > International Database > TIMSS 2019 Data Almanacs - Grade 4

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -4.027450 X +7.141
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.217
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.047

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -324615.490552 X +82779.721
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.415
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.172

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -23.145803 X +82.911
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.212
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.045

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -1.824462 X +1.748
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.251
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.063

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -4.163177 X +10.985
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.031
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001