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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about science? - Learning science will give me more job opportunities when I am an adult.
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 Turkiye52.0%
2 United States47.6%
3 United Kingdom46.6%
4 Israel44.2%
5 Australia39.2%
6 Ireland37.9%
7 Portugal36.4%
8 New Zealand35.6%
9 Lithuania33.5%
10 Norway31.4%
11 Finland30.5%
12 Chile29.4%
13 Sweden29.2%
14 Italy29.0%
15 Hungary28.5%
16 France27.3%
17 Republic of Korea25.7%
18 Japan 17.8%

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 = -0.489940 X +6.801
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.065
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 45230.108102 X +31105.455
Correlation coefficient (r)0.146
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.021

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -14.146140 X +85.620
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.381
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.145

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 2.489320 X +0.745
Correlation coefficient (r)0.511
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.261

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -22.996497 X +18.477
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.413
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.171