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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about mathematics? - Mathematics makes me nervous.
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 Turkiye24.2%
2 Israel17.9%
3 Italy16.9%
4 Portugal15.0%
5 United States14.0%
6 Republic of Korea13.6%
7 Hungary13.2%
7 New Zealand13.2%
9 Australia12.2%
9 Chile12.2%
9 Lithuania12.2%
12 Finland12.0%
13 Ireland11.7%
14 France 11.2%
15 Sweden10.0%
16 Japan9.6%
17 United Kingdom9.4%
18 Norway8.8%

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 = -11.270964 X +8.144
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.556
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.309

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -309264.881148 X +86811.031
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.467
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.218

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -22.299293 X +83.956
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.295
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.087

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 4.512155 X +1.003
Correlation coefficient (r)0.405
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.164

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -73.082281 X +22.646
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.410
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.168