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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about science? - I need science to learn other school subjects.
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 Turkiye42.1%
2 Israel37.7%
3 Lithuania35.6%
4 United States30.2%
5 United Kingdom28.3%
6 Portugal28.0%
7 Hungary26.7%
8 Australia24.0%
8 Chile24.0%
10 New Zealand23.9%
10 Sweden 23.9%
12 France21.8%
13 Ireland21.0%
13 Norway21.0%
15 Finland20.7%
16 Italy19.6%
17 Republic of Korea17.1%
18 Japan12.6%

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 = -1.693263 X +7.063
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.189
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.036

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -90996.943502 X +69893.722
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.246
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.061

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -29.076114 X +88.135
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.657
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.432

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 3.329741 X +0.757
Correlation coefficient (r)0.573
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.328

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -19.288166 X +15.443
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.290
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.084