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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about mathematics? - I am good at working out difficult mathematics problems.
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 Israel30.6%
2 United States22.1%
3 United Kingdom16.9%
4 Norway15.6%
5 Turkiye14.9%
6 Ireland14.7%
7 Australia14.2%
8 Sweden 12.9%
9 Italy12.1%
9 New Zealand12.1%
11 Chile12.0%
12 Portugal11.1%
13 Hungary10.9%
14 France10.8%
15 Finland9.9%
16 Lithuania9.1%
17 Republic of Korea9.0%
18 Japan6.4%

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 = 3.444651 X +6.163
Correlation coefficient (r)0.287
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.082

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 187771.053446 X +21140.923
Correlation coefficient (r)0.379
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.144

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -2.522370 X +81.077
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.043
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 6.321419 X +0.744
Correlation coefficient (r)0.814
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.663

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -34.627957 X +15.252
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.390
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.152