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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about learning mathematics? - Mathematics is boring.
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 Norway28.4%
2 Sweden24.7%
3 Ireland22.7%
4 Australia22.2%
5 United States22.0%
6 Hungary 21.8%
7 Finland21.4%
8 United Kingdom20.8%
9 Israel19.9%
10 Portugal19.8%
11 Italy19.1%
11 New Zealand19.1%
13 Turkiye17.3%
14 Chile15.8%
15 France15.4%
16 Republic of Korea14.9%
17 Lithuania12.5%
18 Japan8.6%

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 = 8.814582 X +4.962
Correlation coefficient (r)0.549
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.301

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 319126.050651 X -15374.424
Correlation coefficient (r)0.608
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.370

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 3.743001 X +80.296
Correlation coefficient (r)0.063
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 1.267917 X +1.354
Correlation coefficient (r)0.144
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.021

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -42.310883 X +21.154
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.300
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.090