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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about learning mathematics? - Mathematics is boring.
Choices: "Agree a lot" "Agree a little" "Disagree a little" "Disagree a lot"
Data: % of "Agree a lot"
Period:
Area:
28 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Netherlands16.2%
2 United States15.6%
3 Norway15.3%
4 Poland15.0%
5 Chile14.1%
5 Spain14.1%
7 Denmark13.8%
7 Sweden13.8%
9 Belgium13.2%
9 Ireland13.2%
11 Finland13.1%
12 Canada12.7%
12 Hungary12.7%
14 Germany12.6%
15 Czech Republic12.4%
16 Australia12.0%
17 New Zealand11.8%
18 Austria11.5%
19 Slovakia10.7%
20 Latvia10.5%
21 Portugal9.4%
22 United Kingdom9.3%
23 Italy9.2%
24 Republic of Korea9.1%
25 Turkiye7.8%
26 France6.6%
27 Lithuania4.8%
28 Japan 4.0%

Note
Belgium: The Flemish Community only. United Kingdom: England only.

No data for 10 countries.

Source
TIMSS 2019 > International Database > TIMSS 2019 Data Almanacs - Grade 4

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = 9.027043 X +5.616
Correlation coefficient (r)0.491
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.241

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = 334282.479711 X +5421.120
Correlation coefficient (r)0.431
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.186

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = 4.767197 X +79.605
Correlation coefficient (r)0.044
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = 1.380993 X +1.371
Correlation coefficient (r)0.191
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.036

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -21.395477 X +12.970
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.161
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.026