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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about learning mathematics? - I like 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 Turkiye48.7%
2 Israel32.3%
3 Portugal29.5%
4 Italy28.4%
5 United States28.1%
6 Ireland25.5%
7 Chile 25.1%
8 Lithuania22.7%
9 New Zealand22.5%
10 Australia22.2%
11 United Kingdom21.8%
12 Norway21.0%
13 France19.5%
13 Hungary19.5%
13 Sweden19.5%
16 Finland16.6%
17 Japan15.5%
18 Republic of Korea12.4%

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 = -3.681567 X +7.513
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.446
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.199

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -61064.953180 X +61344.823
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.179
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.032

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -16.212504 X +84.614
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.398
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.158

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 2.580303 X +0.987
Correlation coefficient (r)0.483
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.233

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -41.576384 X +20.484
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.681
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.464