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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about science? - I need to do well in science 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 Turkiye55.6%
2 United States47.3%
3 Israel45.1%
4 United Kingdom44.0%
5 Lithuania37.3%
6 New Zealand34.7%
7 Australia33.6%
8 Portugal33.3%
9 Ireland31.4%
10 Chile30.7%
11 Sweden26.9%
12 Italy26.6%
13 France26.5%
14 Norway25.8%
15 Hungary25.7%
16 Japan24.8%
17 Republic of Korea24.5%
18 Finland 23.4%

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 = -1.908920 X +7.265
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.268
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.072

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -27447.825160 X +55836.523
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.093
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -16.770014 X +86.297
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.478
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.228

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 2.318357 X +0.836
Correlation coefficient (r)0.504
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.254

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -19.559177 X +17.023
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.372
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.138