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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about science? - I need science to learn other school subjects.
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 Turkiye42.1%
2 Israel37.7%
3 Lithuania35.6%
4 United States30.2%
5 United Kingdom28.3%
6 Portugal28.0%
7 Hungary26.7%
8 Australia24.0%
8 Chile24.0%
10 New Zealand23.9%
10 Sweden23.9%
12 France21.8%
13 Ireland21.0%
13 Norway21.0%
15 Finland20.7%
16 Italy 19.6%
17 Republic of Korea17.1%
18 Japan12.6%

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 = -2.466830 X +7.286
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.245
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.060

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -105499.232865 X +72895.027
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.320
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.102

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -24.062517 X +87.142
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.640
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.410

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 3.674482 X +0.663
Correlation coefficient (r)0.662
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.438

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -26.698958 X +19.807
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.301
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.091