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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about learning mathematics? - I like to solve mathematics problems.
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 Turkiye66.5%
2 Chile50.3%
3 Lithuania47.1%
4 Portugal46.9%
5 United Kingdom46.2%
6 United States45.9%
7 Austria 45.5%
8 New Zealand43.8%
9 France43.4%
10 Australia43.0%
11 Italy42.8%
12 Spain41.7%
13 Ireland41.0%
14 Canada40.2%
15 Netherlands39.5%
16 Norway39.0%
17 Hungary38.5%
18 Slovakia38.3%
19 Poland36.9%
20 Latvia34.3%
21 Japan32.5%
22 Finland31.2%
23 Germany31.1%
24 Sweden30.4%
25 Belgium29.1%
26 Czech Republic26.4%
27 Denmark25.6%
28 Republic of Korea22.3%

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 = -2.841240 X +7.777
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.448
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.201

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -46428.064683 X +62391.719
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.174
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.030

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -9.311018 X +83.813
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.249
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.062

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = 0.652840 X +1.275
Correlation coefficient (r)0.262
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.069

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -20.675221 X +18.608
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.451
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.203