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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about mathematics? - Mathematics makes me confused.
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 New Zealand21.2%
2 Chile20.3%
3 Spain19.4%
4 Turkiye19.0%
5 Portugal18.7%
6 United States17.0%
7 Australia15.2%
8 United Kingdom14.9%
9 Ireland14.6%
10 Canada14.4%
11 Poland12.4%
12 Italy12.1%
13 Belgium11.6%
14 Germany11.5%
15 Norway11.2%
15 Republic of Korea11.2%
17 Denmark11.0%
18 Czech Republic10.6%
19 Austria10.5%
20 Latvia10.4%
21 Slovakia10.3%
22 Netherlands10.0%
23 France9.7%
24 Hungary8.9%
25 Sweden8.3%
26 Japan 5.6%
27 Finland5.5%
28 Lithuania3.8%

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 = -3.772696 X +7.133
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.296
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.088

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -13997.479878 X +45908.257
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.026
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = 6.050119 X +79.402
Correlation coefficient (r)0.080
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = 0.572323 X +1.460
Correlation coefficient (r)0.114
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -47.485676 X +16.414
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.514
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.264