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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about mathematics? - My parents think that it is important that I do well 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 Israel78.9%
2 Turkiye72.2%
3 United States68.5%
4 Ireland67.4%
5 United Kingdom65.3%
6 Australia63.3%
7 Norway57.8%
8 New Zealand57.7%
9 Portugal56.7%
10 Chile52.0%
11 Lithuania49.6%
12 Sweden49.0%
13 Italy48.3%
14 France45.3%
15 Hungary40.6%
16 Finland 36.5%
17 Republic of Korea28.7%
18 Japan18.9%

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 = 0.508901 X +6.362
Correlation coefficient (r)0.119
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 58108.131390 X +15845.473
Correlation coefficient (r)0.330
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.109

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -4.647975 X +83.204
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.221
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.049

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 1.870517 X +0.611
Correlation coefficient (r)0.678
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.460

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -16.951471 X +19.543
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.538
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.289