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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about learning mathematics? - I like any schoolwork that involves numbers.
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 Turkiye72.5%
2 Portugal52.9%
3 Hungary51.7%
4 Chile49.4%
5 France46.4%
6 Austria 45.4%
7 Italy44.6%
8 Spain41.8%
9 Germany39.9%
10 Lithuania39.5%
11 Canada36.2%
12 United Kingdom35.4%
13 United States35.1%
14 Slovakia33.3%
15 New Zealand32.7%
16 Australia32.1%
17 Sweden31.7%
18 Belgium28.7%
19 Latvia28.6%
20 Ireland28.4%
21 Czech Republic27.5%
22 Poland25.5%
23 Netherlands23.9%
23 Norway23.9%
25 Japan23.4%
26 Denmark23.0%
27 Republic of Korea20.6%
28 Finland20.2%

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 = -3.085155 X +7.757
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.643
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.413

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -91371.883896 X +76608.880
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.452
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.204

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -7.929641 X +82.973
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.281
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.079

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = 0.412903 X +1.385
Correlation coefficient (r)0.219
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.048

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -16.733148 X +16.432
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.482
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.232