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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about learning mathematics? - Mathematics is one of my favorite subjects.
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 Turkiye35.2%
2 Israel29.4%
3 United States27.8%
4 Italy24.5%
5 Portugal23.5%
6 Ireland19.5%
7 Australia18.5%
8 New Zealand18.3%
9 Norway18.2%
10 France17.8%
11 Chile17.5%
12 Sweden15.4%
13 United Kingdom14.9%
14 Japan 14.1%
15 Lithuania12.9%
16 Finland12.4%
16 Republic of Korea12.4%
18 Hungary11.6%

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 = -3.244542 X +7.252
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.323
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.104

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 6903.309289 X +45411.029
Correlation coefficient (r)0.017
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -7.376940 X +82.143
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.149
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 3.513437 X +0.934
Correlation coefficient (r)0.541
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.293

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -48.270756 X +19.756
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.649
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.421