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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about science? - It is important to 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 Turkiye72.8%
2 United States57.6%
3 Israel53.8%
4 United Kingdom53.4%
5 Australia44.3%
6 Chile43.8%
7 Ireland41.6%
8 Japan 40.5%
9 Portugal40.1%
10 Lithuania39.0%
11 New Zealand38.7%
12 Sweden37.2%
13 Italy36.6%
14 Norway33.2%
15 Hungary28.8%
16 France27.1%
17 Republic of Korea24.5%
18 Finland23.7%

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 = -1.846494 X +7.388
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.348
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.121

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -14239.223082 X +52557.742
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.065
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -9.072628 X +84.447
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.347
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.120

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 1.616385 X +0.943
Correlation coefficient (r)0.471
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.222

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -20.211828 X +18.806
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.515
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.265