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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about mathematics? - My teacher tells me I am good at 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 Israel39.2%
2 Norway26.5%
3 United States24.9%
4 Turkiye24.2%
5 Ireland19.1%
6 Sweden 19.0%
7 United Kingdom18.6%
8 Hungary18.4%
9 Italy17.3%
10 New Zealand16.3%
11 Australia14.9%
12 Finland13.4%
13 Lithuania13.3%
14 Portugal12.8%
15 Chile12.3%
16 Republic of Korea9.8%
17 France6.9%
18 Japan3.8%

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 = 1.972980 X +6.291
Correlation coefficient (r)0.241
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.058

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 124689.634417 X +25207.128
Correlation coefficient (r)0.369
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.136

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -6.376769 X +81.834
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.158
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.025

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 3.889165 X +0.934
Correlation coefficient (r)0.734
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.539

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -24.409020 X +14.747
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.403
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.162