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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about mathematics? - I need to do well in mathematics to get into the university of my choice.
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 Israel72.6%
2 Turkiye65.2%
3 United States60.2%
4 United Kingdom59.0%
5 Ireland55.0%
6 New Zealand49.5%
7 Portugal46.3%
8 Chile 46.2%
9 Norway45.7%
10 Australia45.5%
11 Lithuania43.6%
12 Sweden39.4%
13 France37.0%
14 Republic of Korea35.1%
15 Finland34.5%
16 Japan34.0%
17 Hungary33.3%
18 Italy32.1%

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 = 0.000060 X +6.632
Correlation coefficient (r)0.000
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 49945.181518 X +23583.128
Correlation coefficient (r)0.218
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.048

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -5.962718 X +83.497
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.218
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.048

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 2.527432 X +0.434
Correlation coefficient (r)0.705
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.497

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -17.990608 X +18.871
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.439
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.193