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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about learning science? - I like to conduct science experiments.
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 Turkiye65.3%
2 Norway63.9%
3 Ireland61.0%
4 Israel58.9%
5 Australia56.8%
6 United Kingdom56.4%
7 Italy55.5%
8 United States53.7%
9 New Zealand53.1%
10 Chile48.0%
11 Japan 35.5%
12 Republic of Korea25.1%

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 = 1.410402 X +5.824
Correlation coefficient (r)0.248
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.062

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data12
Regression equation
Y = 102484.792586 X -2122.559
Correlation coefficient (r)0.389
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.151

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data12
Regression equation
Y = -8.516770 X +85.819
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.356
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.127

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data12
Regression equation
Y = 2.604545 X +0.261
Correlation coefficient (r)0.594
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.353

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data12
Regression equation
Y = -32.527913 X +26.748
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.757
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.573