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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about science? - Science is harder for me than for many of my classmates.
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 Chile 18.1%
2 Spain15.6%
3 Portugal13.6%
4 New Zealand12.5%
5 Turkiye12.0%
6 Italy11.8%
7 Slovakia10.9%
8 United Kingdom10.7%
9 France10.5%
10 Czech Republic10.1%
11 United States10.0%
12 Canada9.6%
12 Hungary9.6%
14 Australia9.4%
15 Belgium8.9%
16 Latvia8.7%
17 Poland7.8%
18 Austria7.7%
18 Netherlands7.7%
20 Lithuania7.3%
21 Ireland7.2%
22 Germany7.1%
23 Denmark6.4%
24 Sweden6.2%
25 Norway5.6%
26 Finland5.2%
27 Japan4.4%
28 Republic of Korea2.3%

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 = -5.753085 X +7.190
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.338
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.114

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -284148.763809 X +70232.721
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.396
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.157

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -19.445636 X +81.941
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.194
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.038

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = 1.390038 X +1.404
Correlation coefficient (r)0.208
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.043

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -69.478250 X +16.865
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.565
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.319