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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about mathematics? - I need to do well in mathematics to get the job I want.
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 Israel64.3%
2 Turkiye58.2%
3 United Kingdom48.3%
4 United States48.1%
5 Ireland46.0%
6 New Zealand44.0%
7 Australia43.9%
8 Portugal42.3%
9 Chile41.7%
10 Norway41.2%
11 Lithuania39.9%
12 France37.7%
13 Hungary35.6%
14 Sweden31.9%
15 Italy30.6%
16 Republic of Korea29.9%
17 Finland29.6%
18 Japan 28.4%

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 = -0.429298 X +6.809
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.064
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 34516.639068 X +32509.089
Correlation coefficient (r)0.124
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -9.333947 X +84.579
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.280
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.078

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 3.380865 X +0.212
Correlation coefficient (r)0.774
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.599

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -25.561484 X +21.065
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.512
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.262