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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about mathematics? - I need mathematics to learn other school subjects.
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 Israel48.7%
2 Lithuania40.2%
3 Turkiye38.3%
4 United Kingdom37.7%
5 New Zealand35.9%
5 United States35.9%
7 Australia34.6%
8 Portugal34.4%
9 Ireland33.7%
10 Chile33.0%
11 France32.6%
12 Norway30.2%
13 Hungary28.4%
14 Sweden26.6%
15 Finland23.9%
16 Italy20.8%
17 Japan 18.3%
18 Republic of Korea17.1%

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 = 1.193734 X +6.254
Correlation coefficient (r)0.146
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.021

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 29516.129710 X +37378.251
Correlation coefficient (r)0.087
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -15.788359 X +85.736
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.391
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.153

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 3.961281 X +0.350
Correlation coefficient (r)0.748
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.560

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -20.699943 X +17.092
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.342
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.117