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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about mathematics? - Mathematics is harder for me than any other subject.
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 Turkiye33.1%
2 Portugal27.2%
3 Italy 23.3%
4 Japan22.9%
5 United States20.4%
6 Norway20.1%
7 Hungary19.5%
8 Chile19.2%
8 Israel19.2%
10 Lithuania18.2%
11 New Zealand18.1%
12 Australia18.0%
13 Ireland17.6%
14 France17.4%
15 Sweden16.6%
16 Republic of Korea16.3%
17 United Kingdom14.8%
18 Finland10.6%

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 = -11.513431 X +8.913
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.757
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.573

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -210306.508448 X +87224.636
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.423
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.179

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -12.356141 X +83.436
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.218
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.048

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 1.453207 X +1.314
Correlation coefficient (r)0.174
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.030

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -55.833097 X +23.945
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.418
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.175