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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about learning mathematics? - I look forward to mathematics lessons.
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 Turkiye21.5%
2 United States20.2%
3 Israel15.5%
4 Portugal13.6%
5 Australia12.6%
5 New Zealand12.6%
7 Ireland12.3%
8 United Kingdom12.1%
9 Chile9.6%
10 Sweden9.3%
11 Italy8.6%
12 Norway8.1%
13 Japan 7.8%
14 Hungary6.9%
15 France6.1%
16 Finland5.3%
17 Republic of Korea5.0%
18 Lithuania4.5%

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 = -3.638173 X +7.019
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.270
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.073

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 58652.239553 X +40486.739
Correlation coefficient (r)0.105
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -15.280808 X +82.360
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.230
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.053

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 4.344319 X +1.143
Correlation coefficient (r)0.498
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.248

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -53.755393 X +16.255
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.539
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.291