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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about mathematics? - Mathematics makes me nervous.
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 Turkiye23.1%
2 Chile22.8%
3 Spain20.7%
4 Portugal19.9%
5 New Zealand15.7%
6 Belgium13.4%
7 Czech Republic13.3%
7 Slovakia13.3%
9 United States13.2%
10 Poland12.7%
11 Canada12.0%
12 Australia11.6%
13 United Kingdom10.7%
14 Austria10.5%
14 Latvia10.5%
14 Republic of Korea10.5%
17 Germany9.9%
17 Italy9.9%
19 France9.3%
20 Ireland9.1%
21 Hungary8.7%
22 Finland6.5%
23 Denmark5.9%
24 Sweden5.8%
25 Lithuania5.7%
26 Netherlands5.1%
27 Norway4.2%
28 Japan 3.8%

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 = -6.098409 X +7.354
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.560
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.314

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -218825.763919 X +68998.796
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.476
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.227

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -13.203610 X +81.656
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.206
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.042

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = 0.214921 X +1.507
Correlation coefficient (r)0.050
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -33.900475 X +14.338
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.430
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.185