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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about learning science? - I look forward to learning science in school.
Choices: "Agree a lot" "Agree a little" "Disagree a little" "Disagree a lot"
Data: % of "Agree a lot"
Period:
Area:
28 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Portugal70.0%
2 Turkiye59.9%
3 New Zealand57.2%
4 United States55.8%
5 Ireland 55.7%
6 Italy52.6%
7 Chile52.4%
8 Japan51.5%
9 Austria51.3%
10 Australia48.4%
11 Canada48.1%
12 Spain47.5%
13 United Kingdom45.4%
14 Hungary44.2%
15 Germany42.9%
16 Norway42.8%
17 France42.4%
18 Netherlands38.9%
19 Sweden36.2%
20 Slovakia35.3%
21 Belgium35.1%
22 Denmark34.3%
23 Czech Republic32.2%
24 Lithuania31.0%
24 Republic of Korea31.0%
26 Latvia30.0%
27 Poland26.0%
28 Finland21.0%

Note
Belgium: The Flemish Community only. United Kingdom: England only.

No data for 10 countries.

Source
TIMSS 2019 > International Database > TIMSS 2019 Data Almanacs - Grade 4

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -1.555351 X +7.379
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.272
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.074

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = 15035.059071 X +37290.057
Correlation coefficient (r)0.077
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = 5.805772 X +77.922
Correlation coefficient (r)0.246
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.061

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = 0.367568 X +1.356
Correlation coefficient (r)0.197
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.039

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -23.500277 X +23.510
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.499
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.249