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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about your mathematics lessons? - I know what my teacher expects me to do.
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 United States66.3%
2 Israel59.6%
3 Turkiye57.5%
4 United Kingdom53.0%
5 Australia51.4%
6 Ireland47.6%
7 Hungary47.3%
8 New Zealand45.2%
9 Portugal40.9%
10 Norway37.7%
11 Finland37.6%
12 Italy36.8%
13 Lithuania33.0%
14 France32.2%
15 Chile29.3%
16 Sweden 27.0%
17 Republic of Korea9.6%
18 Japan5.9%

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 = 0.429945 X +6.461
Correlation coefficient (r)0.104
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 43096.298070 X +29541.704
Correlation coefficient (r)0.252
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.064

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -8.492805 X +84.121
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.415
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.172

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 1.646436 X +0.948
Correlation coefficient (r)0.614
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.377

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -14.249283 X +16.216
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.464
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.215