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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about science? - My parents think that it is important that I do well in science.
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 Turkiye58.0%
2 United States54.1%
3 Israel53.0%
4 United Kingdom52.4%
5 Australia41.2%
6 Ireland40.0%
7 Lithuania37.2%
8 Norway36.7%
9 Portugal35.7%
10 New Zealand35.5%
11 Chile32.9%
12 Sweden31.6%
13 Italy30.6%
14 Hungary29.0%
15 France26.0%
16 Finland 22.0%
17 Republic of Korea16.7%
18 Japan16.5%

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 = -0.251912 X +6.723
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.047
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 39859.113305 X +32356.305
Correlation coefficient (r)0.180
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.032

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -10.600556 X +84.556
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.400
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.160

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 2.096661 X +0.849
Correlation coefficient (r)0.603
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.364

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -19.290776 X +17.490
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.485
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.235