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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about science? - science is more difficult 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:
12 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United Kingdom13.6%
2 Japan11.4%
3 Ireland10.9%
4 Turkiye10.1%
5 Israel9.7%
6 Chile 8.8%
7 Australia8.7%
8 United States8.5%
9 New Zealand8.1%
10 Republic of Korea7.6%
11 Norway6.2%
12 Italy5.7%

Note
United Kingdom: England only.

No data for 26 countries.

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

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data12
Regression equation
Y = -4.112564 X +6.943
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.137
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.019

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data12
Regression equation
Y = -163966.632182 X +66889.877
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.118
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data12
Regression equation
Y = -19.645477 X +83.114
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.155
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.024

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data12
Regression equation
Y = 5.363248 X +1.146
Correlation coefficient (r)0.231
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.053

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data12
Regression equation
Y = -39.866127 X +13.215
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.175
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.031