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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about learning mathematics? - I learn many interesting things in mathematics.
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 Turkiye49.3%
2 Israel31.0%
3 United States28.9%
4 Italy28.2%
5 Chile 27.6%
6 Portugal27.3%
7 Lithuania26.0%
8 New Zealand25.5%
9 Ireland22.8%
10 Australia22.4%
11 France20.7%
12 United Kingdom20.3%
13 Hungary19.6%
14 Norway19.5%
15 Sweden17.1%
16 Finland16.9%
17 Republic of Korea13.3%
18 Japan11.7%

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 = -3.439438 X +7.450
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.435
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.189

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -84054.012145 X +66720.790
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.258
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.067

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -19.376083 X +85.342
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.497
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.247

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 2.230439 X +1.075
Correlation coefficient (r)0.437
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.191

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -34.052190 X +18.632
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.583
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.340