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Question: Think about your goals in school: how true are the following statements for you? - My goal is to completely master the material presented in my classes.
Choices: "Not at all true of me" "Slightly true of me" "Moderately true of me" "Very true of me" "Extremely true of me"
Data: % of "Very true of me" "Extremely true of me"
Period:
Area:
38 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Mexico62.8%
2 Norway59.6%
3 Colombia58.4%
4 Israel55.2%
5 Denmark54.5%
6 Iceland54.4%
7 Costa Rica53.5%
8 Chile51.4%
9 United States49.5%
10 Lithuania46.4%
11 Republic of Korea45.7%
12 Canada44.7%
13 Belgium42.7%
14 Poland41.7%
15 Portugal41.2%
16 New Zealand40.6%
17 Australia40.2%
18 Austria39.8%
19 Turkiye39.1%
20 Switzerland37.8%
21 Sweden37.6%
22 Germany37.5%
23 Luxembourg37.0%
24 Hungary35.5%
25 Ireland33.7%
26 Czech Republic33.5%
27 Spain33.1%
28 United Kingdom32.3%
29 Estonia31.9%
29 Italy31.9%
31 Finland31.6%
32 Greece31.2%
33 Japan 30.0%
34 Netherlands29.8%
35 Latvia29.4%
36 Slovakia27.8%
37 Slovenia26.5%
38 France26.3%

Note
The data of Azerbaijan are collected only in Baku. The data of China are collected only in Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang.

Source
OECD PISA 2018 Compendia

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 1.064314 X +6.255
Correlation coefficient (r)0.187
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.035

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 19441.729668 X +36730.445
Correlation coefficient (r)0.068
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -7.549876 X +82.904
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.203
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.041

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 0.802615 X +1.263
Correlation coefficient (r)0.256
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.066

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -4.856692 X +11.823
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.119
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014