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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about science? - I am good at working out difficult science problems.
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 Israel33.5%
2 Turkiye33.2%
3 United States28.0%
4 Norway16.6%
5 United Kingdom16.4%
6 Chile 16.0%
7 Ireland15.4%
8 Australia15.2%
9 Italy14.2%
10 New Zealand12.0%
11 Republic of Korea8.3%
12 Japan5.5%

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 = -0.466621 X +6.651
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.063
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data12
Regression equation
Y = 403.310616 X +51883.225
Correlation coefficient (r)0.001
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data12
Regression equation
Y = -20.971862 X +85.070
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.675
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.456

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data12
Regression equation
Y = 4.350247 X +0.858
Correlation coefficient (r)0.764
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.584

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data12
Regression equation
Y = -28.529209 X +14.679
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.511
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.261