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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about science? - I think learning science 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 Turkiye62.5%
2 Lithuania43.7%
3 Portugal42.2%
4 United States40.1%
5 Israel39.3%
6 Sweden37.3%
7 Hungary37.0%
8 United Kingdom34.6%
9 Chile33.2%
10 Australia32.2%
11 Italy32.0%
12 New Zealand31.8%
13 Ireland30.6%
14 Norway28.6%
15 France27.6%
16 Finland25.8%
17 Republic of Korea23.1%
18 Japan 20.0%

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 = -2.957453 X +7.653
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.424
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.180

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -92817.059359 X +78782.769
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.323
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.104

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -23.007462 X +88.679
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.669
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.448

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 1.612783 X +1.048
Correlation coefficient (r)0.358
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.128

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -19.560916 X +17.288
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.379
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.144