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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about learning mathematics? - I enjoy learning mathematics.
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 Turkiye53.3%
2 Israel34.1%
3 Portugal29.8%
4 United States29.2%
5 Chile25.2%
6 Ireland24.9%
7 Norway24.6%
8 New Zealand24.3%
9 Lithuania24.0%
10 Australia23.5%
11 Italy22.6%
12 Sweden22.4%
13 United Kingdom22.2%
14 France21.4%
15 Hungary18.1%
16 Japan 17.5%
17 Finland16.0%
18 Republic of Korea13.8%

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 = -3.205868 X +7.428
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.419
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.176

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -42364.342210 X +57248.069
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.134
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -13.966054 X +84.201
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.370
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.137

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 2.564503 X +0.968
Correlation coefficient (r)0.518
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.268

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -34.101791 X +19.000
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.603
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.364