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Question: During this school year, how often have other students from your school done any of the following things to you, including through texting or the Internet? - Said mean things about my physical appearance (e.g., my hair, my size)
Choices: "At least once a week" "Once or twice a month" "A few times a year" "Never"
Data: % of "At least once a week" "Once or twice a month" "A few times a year"
Period:
Area:
17 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 New Zealand55.7%
2 United Kingdom54.2%
3 Australia53.0%
4 United States52.2%
5 Lithuania52.0%
6 Chile46.0%
7 Ireland45.0%
8 France44.5%
9 Sweden 44.1%
10 Turkiye43.1%
11 Finland41.7%
12 Republic of Korea41.6%
13 Norway40.7%
14 Hungary39.7%
15 Italy35.2%
16 Portugal33.1%
17 Japan29.4%

Note
United Kingdom: England only.

No data for 21 countries.

Source
TIMSS 2019 > International Database > TIMSS 2019 Data Almanacs - Grade 8

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 3.318075 X +5.124
Correlation coefficient (r)0.381
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.145

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 81705.917203 X +10178.068
Correlation coefficient (r)0.219
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.048

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -12.213192 X +86.026
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.276
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.076

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 1.294868 X +0.951
Correlation coefficient (r)0.381
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.145

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 11.650369 X +5.702
Correlation coefficient (r)0.181
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.033