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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about science? - science makes me confused.
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 United Kingdom19.4%
2 Ireland16.9%
3 Republic of Korea15.9%
4 New Zealand14.6%
5 Australia13.6%
6 United States13.0%
7 Israel12.7%
8 Norway12.4%
9 Japan 11.7%
10 Chile11.2%
11 Turkiye10.7%
12 Italy6.4%

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 = 6.104970 X +5.762
Correlation coefficient (r)0.304
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.092

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data12
Regression equation
Y = 306858.041540 X +11424.417
Correlation coefficient (r)0.330
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.109

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data12
Regression equation
Y = 7.687125 X +80.310
Correlation coefficient (r)0.091
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data12
Regression equation
Y = -0.240493 X +1.667
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.016
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data12
Regression equation
Y = 55.722339 X +2.224
Correlation coefficient (r)0.368
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.135