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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about science? - science is not one of my strengths.
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 Kingdom21.8%
2 Ireland19.8%
3 Japan 18.8%
4 Israel18.4%
5 Australia16.7%
5 New Zealand16.7%
7 Republic of Korea15.0%
8 United States14.6%
9 Chile14.2%
10 Turkiye11.5%
11 Italy11.2%
12 Norway8.9%

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 = 4.328908 X +5.891
Correlation coefficient (r)0.249
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.062

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data12
Regression equation
Y = 36731.484550 X +46212.895
Correlation coefficient (r)0.046
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data12
Regression equation
Y = 15.868611 X +78.844
Correlation coefficient (r)0.217
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.047

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data12
Regression equation
Y = 2.820810 X +1.194
Correlation coefficient (r)0.210
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.044

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data12
Regression equation
Y = 12.420471 X +7.642
Correlation coefficient (r)0.094
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009