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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about mathematics? - It is important to learn about mathematics to get ahead in the world.
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 Israel62.2%
2 Turkiye57.8%
3 United States44.6%
4 Portugal41.6%
5 Chile41.5%
6 Australia41.2%
7 Norway39.8%
8 Italy38.1%
9 United Kingdom37.9%
10 Ireland37.0%
11 New Zealand36.6%
12 Hungary35.3%
13 Finland31.8%
14 France30.9%
15 Sweden26.9%
16 Japan 19.3%
17 Lithuania18.3%
18 Republic of Korea16.6%

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 = -0.411386 X +6.782
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.074
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 21769.199051 X +38779.349
Correlation coefficient (r)0.095
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -4.339350 X +82.318
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.159
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.025

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 2.677461 X +0.627
Correlation coefficient (r)0.750
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.562

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -31.501502 X +22.038
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.771
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.594