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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about your mathematics lessons? - My teacher has clear answers to my questions.
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 Turkiye72.0%
2 Israel53.6%
3 United States51.6%
4 Italy48.2%
5 Portugal47.9%
6 Ireland46.0%
7 Lithuania44.4%
8 United Kingdom44.1%
9 Norway42.0%
10 Finland40.2%
11 Hungary39.8%
12 Australia38.6%
13 New Zealand38.4%
14 Chile36.0%
15 France33.3%
16 Sweden31.9%
17 Japan 27.3%
18 Republic of Korea23.1%

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 = -1.669962 X +7.336
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.277
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.077

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -4151.360927 X +49316.218
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.018
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -8.748488 X +84.875
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.371
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.138

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 1.995434 X +0.719
Correlation coefficient (r)0.525
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.276

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -26.917406 X +21.875
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.603
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.364