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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about learning science? - Science teaches me how things in the world work.
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 Portugal80.5%
2 Lithuania78.5%
3 Turkiye77.9%
4 Spain74.8%
5 Austria73.0%
5 Hungary73.0%
7 Italy71.0%
8 Ireland69.9%
9 United States67.6%
10 Latvia66.9%
11 Chile66.3%
12 Slovakia64.1%
13 Canada63.3%
14 Germany62.2%
15 Belgium61.5%
16 Australia61.2%
17 United Kingdom60.9%
18 Netherlands58.8%
19 Poland58.1%
20 France58.0%
21 Norway57.6%
22 New Zealand57.1%
23 Czech Republic56.7%
24 Sweden51.8%
25 Denmark45.4%
26 Finland 44.5%
27 Republic of Korea39.7%
28 Japan36.2%

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 8

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -1.959964 X +7.877
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.386
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.149

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -45219.416335 X +72206.184
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.211
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.045

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -13.315409 X +88.415
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.445
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.198

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = 0.321768 X +1.332
Correlation coefficient (r)0.161
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.026

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -11.559352 X +17.659
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.315
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.099