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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about mathematics? - I think learning mathematics will help me in my daily life.
Choices: "Agree a lot" "Agree a little" "Disagree a little" "Disagree a lot"
Data: % of "Agree a lot"
Period:
Area:
18 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Israel52.5%
2 Turkiye50.7%
3 Chile49.4%
4 New Zealand48.1%
5 Portugal48.0%
6 Australia46.9%
7 Italy44.4%
8 Norway43.8%
9 United States43.6%
10 United Kingdom40.2%
11 Ireland39.5%
12 France38.4%
13 Hungary38.2%
14 Lithuania36.6%
15 Sweden34.8%
16 Finland31.8%
17 Japan 24.8%
18 Republic of Korea14.3%

Note
United Kingdom: England only.

No data for 20 countries.

Source
TIMSS 2019 > International Database > TIMSS 2019 Data Almanacs - Grade 8

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 0.158725 X +6.568
Correlation coefficient (r)0.023
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 13946.529171 X +41104.844
Correlation coefficient (r)0.049
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -8.210585 X +84.045
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.243
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.059

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 2.768122 X +0.489
Correlation coefficient (r)0.625
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.391

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -36.791119 X +25.372
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.726
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.527