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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about science? - science is harder for me than any other subject.
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 United Kingdom15.6%
2 Japan 14.3%
3 Republic of Korea13.1%
4 Ireland12.1%
5 Israel11.2%
6 Chile10.3%
7 United States9.8%
8 Australia9.6%
9 New Zealand9.5%
10 Turkiye8.9%
11 Italy7.3%
12 Norway6.9%

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 = -2.111701 X +6.794
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.084
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data12
Regression equation
Y = -200573.824928 X +73450.078
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.173
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.030

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data12
Regression equation
Y = 18.786152 X +79.312
Correlation coefficient (r)0.178
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.032

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data12
Regression equation
Y = -2.109345 X +1.861
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.109
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data12
Regression equation
Y = 56.655598 X +3.513
Correlation coefficient (r)0.299
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.089