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Question: Think about your goals in school: how true are the following statements for you? - My goal is to learn as much as possible.
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 Mexico71.7%
2 Colombia70.5%
3 Costa Rica62.8%
4 Chile61.6%
5 Denmark58.9%
6 United States57.7%
7 Norway55.7%
8 Finland54.4%
9 Greece53.5%
10 Portugal53.0%
11 Canada51.3%
12 New Zealand49.7%
13 Iceland49.4%
13 Lithuania49.4%
15 Australia49.3%
16 United Kingdom45.3%
17 Italy45.0%
17 Spain45.0%
19 Sweden44.2%
20 Ireland43.3%
21 Belgium43.0%
22 Republic of Korea42.9%
23 Turkiye42.8%
24 Slovenia39.8%
25 Luxembourg39.6%
25 Poland39.6%
27 Israel39.4%
28 France37.6%
29 Austria36.6%
30 Czech Republic36.3%
31 Switzerland35.3%
32 Estonia35.0%
33 Latvia31.0%
34 Germany30.9%
35 Japan 30.0%
35 Slovakia30.0%
37 Netherlands28.7%
38 Hungary21.4%

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 = 0.461525 X +6.477
Correlation coefficient (r)0.094
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -26890.536412 X +58677.880
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.111
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -4.801260 X +82.547
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.193
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.037

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 0.198096 X +1.427
Correlation coefficient (r)0.075
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -9.018501 X +13.922
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.254
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.065