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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about learning mathematics? - I like any schoolwork that involves numbers.
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 Turkiye39.2%
2 Hungary16.6%
3 Israel16.2%
4 Ireland15.1%
5 United States14.6%
6 Italy14.2%
7 Chile14.1%
8 Portugal13.4%
9 Sweden13.1%
10 Lithuania11.7%
11 New Zealand11.2%
12 United Kingdom11.1%
13 Australia10.7%
14 Republic of Korea9.4%
15 France9.2%
16 Norway8.6%
17 Japan 6.8%
18 Finland5.7%

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 = -5.881416 X +7.419
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.636
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.404

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -110755.601069 X +62389.902
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.318
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.101

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -13.927354 X +83.053
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.385
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.148

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 2.154745 X +1.272
Correlation coefficient (r)0.369
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.136

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -35.267085 X +15.253
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.515
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.265