Tweet
Question: How much do you agree with these statements about your school? - I like being in school.
Choices: "Agree a lot" "Agree a little" "Disagree a little" "Disagree a lot"
Data: % of "Agree a lot"
Period:
Area:
19 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Colombia88.9%
2 New Zealand52.4%
3 Norway49.7%
4 Lithuania49.6%
5 Denmark46.5%
6 United States44.5%
7 Australia44.3%
8 Sweden43.9%
9 Slovenia43.7%
10 Germany42.8%
11 Italy42.6%
12 Latvia41.8%
13 Japan40.8%
14 Netherlands40.2%
15 Slovakia39.5%
16 Hungary38.8%
17 Austria 36.5%
18 Czech Republic36.0%
19 United Kingdom35.2%England only

Note
Don't know/ No answer are excluded. United Kingdom: England only.

No data for 19 countries.

Source
TIMSS 2007

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -1.354770 X +7.333
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.307
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.094

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -40870.729982 X +62621.645
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.196
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.038

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -10.613810 X +84.212
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.315
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.099

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 0.226548 X +1.480
Correlation coefficient (r)0.176
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.031

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -9.362919 X +14.850
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.277
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.077