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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about mathematics? - I am good at working out difficult mathematics problems.
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 United States37.4%
2 Turkiye34.4%
3 Chile33.2%
4 United Kingdom31.9%
5 Canada31.7%
5 Netherlands31.7%
7 Ireland31.6%
8 Australia30.4%
9 Spain30.0%
10 Austria29.3%
11 Italy29.1%
12 Hungary28.1%
13 Slovakia27.9%
14 New Zealand27.2%
15 Germany26.0%
16 Norway25.8%
17 France25.1%
18 Portugal24.8%
19 Finland22.2%
20 Belgium22.1%
21 Sweden21.8%
22 Poland20.4%
23 Lithuania18.0%
24 Czech Republic17.9%
25 Latvia17.8%
26 Denmark17.2%
27 Japan 16.8%
28 Republic of Korea14.1%

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 = -1.025064 X +6.927
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.110
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = 82041.408344 X +22951.437
Correlation coefficient (r)0.209
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.044

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -0.303553 X +80.236
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.006
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = 1.242569 X +1.210
Correlation coefficient (r)0.340
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.116

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -35.802034 X +19.746
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.532
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.283