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Question: Think about your goals in school: how true are the following statements for you? - My goal is to understand the content of my classes as thoroughly as possible.
Choices: "Not at all true of me" "Slightly true of me" "Moderately true of me" "Very true of me" "Extremely true of me"
Data: % of "Very true of me" "Extremely true of me"
Period:
Area:
38 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Mexico72.1%
2 Denmark69.4%
3 Colombia66.9%
4 Belgium65.9%
5 Norway65.6%
6 Costa Rica65.5%
7 Canada62.5%
8 United States62.0%
9 Germany61.7%
10 Switzerland60.5%
11 Iceland60.3%
12 Austria60.2%
13 New Zealand58.8%
14 Republic of Korea57.8%
15 Australia57.2%
16 Poland56.8%
17 Luxembourg56.7%
18 France56.3%
19 Chile55.6%
19 Sweden 55.6%
21 United Kingdom55.1%
22 Lithuania54.1%
23 Israel53.8%
24 Ireland53.0%
25 Greece52.2%
26 Czech Republic52.0%
27 Spain49.9%
28 Hungary46.9%
29 Portugal46.4%
30 Finland44.3%
31 Estonia43.8%
32 Turkiye41.6%
33 Slovakia40.4%
34 Italy39.0%
35 Japan36.7%
36 Netherlands36.2%
37 Latvia35.4%
38 Slovenia32.1%

Note
The data of Azerbaijan are collected only in Baku. The data of China are collected only in Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang.

Source
OECD PISA 2018 Compendia

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 1.797543 X +5.720
Correlation coefficient (r)0.321
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.103

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 75169.115125 X +4228.093
Correlation coefficient (r)0.267
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.071

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -0.476138 X +80.108
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.013
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 0.292610 X +1.430
Correlation coefficient (r)0.095
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -4.107495 X +12.065
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.102
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010