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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about mathematics? - Mathematics is not one of my strengths.
Choices: "Agree a lot" "Agree a little" "Disagree a little" "Disagree a lot"
Data: % of "Agree a lot"
Period:
Area:
18 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Portugal36.4%
2 Japan31.8%
3 Italy29.8%
4 Lithuania28.8%
5 New Zealand27.6%
6 Finland27.1%
7 Ireland27.0%
8 France26.8%
9 Hungary26.3%
9 Sweden26.3%
11 Australia25.8%
12 United States24.6%
13 United Kingdom24.4%
14 Chile 22.3%
14 Israel22.3%
16 Turkiye21.0%
17 Norway18.8%
18 Republic of Korea12.8%

Note
United Kingdom: England only.

No data for 20 countries.

Source
TIMSS 2019 > International Database > TIMSS 2019 Data Almanacs - Grade 8

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 0.192130 X +6.583
Correlation coefficient (r)0.015
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -82803.917202 X +67886.345
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.156
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.024

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -1.019942 X +80.994
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.016
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -0.328141 X +1.689
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.039
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -19.007004 X +15.390
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.200
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.040