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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about mathematics? - I would like a job that involves using 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 Turkiye30.4%
2 Israel25.6%
3 United States20.6%
4 Chile19.4%
5 Norway19.3%
6 Hungary17.4%
7 Australia17.0%
8 Italy16.3%
9 New Zealand16.2%
10 Portugal16.1%
11 United Kingdom15.5%
12 Ireland15.1%
13 Sweden12.1%
14 France11.9%
15 Finland11.5%
16 Lithuania9.3%
17 Republic of Korea7.0%
18 Japan 6.8%

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 = -2.390566 X +7.014
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.216
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.047

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 8870.298515 X +45313.161
Correlation coefficient (r)0.019
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -18.511351 X +83.690
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.340
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.116

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 4.660156 X +0.861
Correlation coefficient (r)0.653
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.426

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -57.492717 X +19.716
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.704
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.496