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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about mathematics? - Mathematics makes me confused.
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 Turkiye29.5%
2 Norway25.0%
3 New Zealand23.6%
4 Portugal22.9%
5 Ireland21.8%
6 United States21.4%
7 Australia20.2%
8 Italy19.0%
9 Chile18.5%
10 United Kingdom18.2%
11 Israel17.2%
12 Republic of Korea17.0%
13 Sweden16.9%
14 Japan 16.3%
15 France16.2%
16 Hungary12.4%
17 Finland10.1%
18 Lithuania6.0%

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 = -4.062583 X +7.382
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.337
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.114

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 123384.198025 X +23958.705
Correlation coefficient (r)0.248
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.062

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 11.078665 X +78.689
Correlation coefficient (r)0.186
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.035

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 1.280472 X +1.369
Correlation coefficient (r)0.164
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -52.813230 X +20.280
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.592
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.350