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Question: In mathematics lessons, how often do you work problems on your own?
Choices: "Every or almost every lesson" "About half the lessons" "Some lessons" "Never"
Data: % of "Every or almost every lesson"
Period:
Area:
18 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Finland69.3%
2 Israel65.5%
3 United Kingdom64.1%
4 Japan63.4%
5 Lithuania61.0%
6 Republic of Korea60.9%
7 Norway60.1%
8 France59.1%
9 Ireland57.1%
10 Australia56.1%
11 United States55.3%
12 Italy49.6%
13 Portugal47.8%
14 Sweden 46.0%
15 Chile42.7%
16 Hungary42.3%
17 New Zealand41.8%
18 Turkiye40.6%

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 = 3.533753 X +4.703
Correlation coefficient (r)0.492
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.242

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 113828.324795 X -15413.997
Correlation coefficient (r)0.384
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.147

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 12.586741 X +73.862
Correlation coefficient (r)0.355
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.126

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 0.256999 X +1.465
Correlation coefficient (r)0.055
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 17.699156 X +0.871
Correlation coefficient (r)0.333
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.111