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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about learning science? - I enjoy learning science.
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 Turkiye72.4%
2 United States39.5%
3 Israel35.6%
4 Australia33.2%
5 Chile32.8%
6 Ireland32.3%
7 Italy32.2%
8 New Zealand31.7%
9 Norway30.4%
10 United Kingdom29.4%
11 Japan 23.9%
12 Republic of Korea14.8%

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 = -2.411332 X +7.388
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.491
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.241

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data12
Regression equation
Y = -52614.452905 X +69852.933
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.232
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.054

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data12
Regression equation
Y = -15.382077 X +86.557
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.745
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.555

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data12
Regression equation
Y = 1.608729 X +1.088
Correlation coefficient (r)0.425
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.181

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data12
Regression equation
Y = -24.017033 X +17.754
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.648
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.420