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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about learning science? - science is boring.
Choices: "Agree a lot" "Agree a little" "Disagree a little" "Disagree a lot"
Data: % of "Agree a lot"
Period:
Area:
12 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Israel17.4%
2 Ireland17.2%
3 United Kingdom14.9%
4 Australia14.3%
5 United States13.2%
6 Republic of Korea12.7%
7 Norway12.1%
8 New Zealand10.6%
9 Chile10.0%
10 Turkiye8.5%
11 Japan 6.5%
12 Italy6.3%

Note
United Kingdom: England only.

No data for 26 countries.

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

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data12
Regression equation
Y = 10.906714 X +5.262
Correlation coefficient (r)0.610
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.372

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data12
Regression equation
Y = 466725.917563 X -3980.345
Correlation coefficient (r)0.617
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.381

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data12
Regression equation
Y = 4.920393 X +81.202
Correlation coefficient (r)0.087
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data12
Regression equation
Y = 6.504508 X +0.824
Correlation coefficient (r)0.487
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.237

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data12
Regression equation
Y = 16.570124 X +7.600
Correlation coefficient (r)0.123
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015