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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about mathematics? - It is important to do well in mathematics.
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 Turkiye74.4%
2 Israel73.8%
3 United States66.0%
4 United Kingdom63.3%
5 Ireland61.5%
6 Australia59.0%
7 Chile55.4%
8 New Zealand53.2%
9 Norway52.9%
10 Portugal52.1%
11 Sweden 49.8%
12 Italy49.5%
13 Japan46.3%
14 Lithuania45.4%
15 France41.4%
16 Finland35.1%
17 Hungary33.9%
18 Republic of Korea30.9%

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 = -0.296487 X +6.788
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.057
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 50903.184561 X +20036.880
Correlation coefficient (r)0.235
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.055

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -2.663493 X +82.130
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.103
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 2.212023 X +0.445
Correlation coefficient (r)0.653
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.426

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -24.169848 X +23.208
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.624
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.389