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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about learning science? - I like science.
Choices: "Agree a lot" "Agree a little" "Disagree a little" "Disagree a lot"
Data: % of "Agree a lot"
Period:
Area:
28 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Portugal81.5%
2 Turkiye79.6%
3 Italy62.0%
4 Spain60.3%
5 Ireland60.0%
5 New Zealand60.0%
7 United States59.6%
8 Austria57.1%
9 Chile56.6%
10 Hungary55.4%
11 Lithuania54.3%
12 Japan54.2%
13 Canada54.0%
14 Australia52.9%
14 Poland52.9%
16 Germany50.7%
17 Latvia50.2%
17 Norway50.2%
17 United Kingdom50.2%
20 France49.8%
21 Netherlands48.2%
22 Slovakia45.2%
23 Denmark44.4%
24 Belgium43.9%
25 Czech Republic40.0%
26 Republic of Korea39.1%
26 Sweden 39.1%
28 Finland32.3%

Note
Belgium: The Flemish Community only. United Kingdom: England only.

No data for 10 countries.

Source
TIMSS 2019 > International Database > TIMSS 2019 Data Almanacs - Grade 4

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -3.282836 X +8.401
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.612
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.375

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -43297.635337 X +67105.179
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.191
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.036

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -4.126010 X +82.343
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.130
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = 0.107631 X +1.474
Correlation coefficient (r)0.051
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -19.065929 X +20.593
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.491
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.241