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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about learning science? - science is one of my favorite subjects.
Choices: "Agree a lot" "Agree a little" "Disagree a little" "Disagree a lot"
Data: % of "Agree a lot"
Period:
Area:
12 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Turkiye58.5%
2 United States32.6%
3 Israel30.4%
4 Chile27.0%
5 Italy25.0%
6 Australia24.0%
7 Norway22.5%
8 New Zealand22.1%
9 United Kingdom21.2%
10 Ireland20.3%
11 Japan 18.8%
12 Republic of Korea14.9%

Note
United Kingdom: England only.

No data for 26 countries.

Source
TIMSS 2019 > International Database > TIMSS 2019 Data Almanacs - Grade 8

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data12
Regression equation
Y = -3.311978 X +7.444
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.557
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.310

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data12
Regression equation
Y = -94215.640149 X +76867.436
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.342
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.117

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data12
Regression equation
Y = -19.305413 X +86.430
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.772
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.596

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data12
Regression equation
Y = 1.907603 X +1.131
Correlation coefficient (r)0.416
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.173

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data12
Regression equation
Y = -25.833228 X +16.415
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.575
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.331