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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about mathematics? - Mathematics is harder 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:
28 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Portugal25.3%
2 Chile21.7%
3 Spain21.6%
4 New Zealand20.6%
5 Italy17.2%
6 United States16.1%
7 Latvia15.7%
8 Turkiye15.4%
9 United Kingdom15.1%
10 Netherlands14.9%
11 Belgium14.4%
12 Canada14.3%
13 Ireland13.8%
14 Australia13.7%
15 Slovakia13.5%
16 Hungary13.4%
17 Poland13.1%
18 Czech Republic12.6%
19 Denmark11.5%
20 France11.4%
21 Austria11.2%
21 Germany11.2%
23 Norway11.0%
24 Japan10.2%
25 Lithuania9.9%
26 Sweden9.5%
27 Finland 8.5%
28 Republic of Korea3.7%

Note
Belgium: The Flemish Community only. United Kingdom: England only.

No data for 10 countries.

Source
TIMSS 2019 > International Database > TIMSS 2019 Data Almanacs - Grade 4

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -3.286148 X +7.120
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.255
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.065

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -118221.085111 X +60649.691
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.218
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.048

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -6.711001 X +81.093
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.089
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = 0.681993 X +1.436
Correlation coefficient (r)0.135
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -50.917979 X +17.591
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.547
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.299