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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about mathematics? - Learning mathematics will give me more job opportunities when I am an adult.
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 Israel68.8%
2 Turkiye61.5%
3 United States56.9%
4 Ireland55.6%
5 Australia54.9%
6 United Kingdom54.7%
7 Portugal54.2%
8 Norway52.8%
9 New Zealand49.7%
10 Chile43.7%
11 Finland42.7%
12 Hungary42.6%
12 Italy42.6%
14 France39.9%
15 Sweden 39.6%
16 Lithuania35.3%
17 Republic of Korea27.5%
18 Japan24.4%

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 = 0.705345 X +6.300
Correlation coefficient (r)0.123
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 78759.039973 X +9651.939
Correlation coefficient (r)0.334
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.112

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -4.086539 X +82.657
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.145
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.021

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 2.662571 X +0.352
Correlation coefficient (r)0.720
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.518

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -26.810825 X +23.155
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.634
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.402