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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about science? - I think learning science will help me in my daily life.
Choices: "Agree a lot" "Agree a little" "Disagree a little" "Disagree a lot"
Data: % of "Agree a lot"
Period:
Area:
39 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Egypt83.0%
2 Jordan76.9%
3 Oman69.9%
4 South Africa69.3%
5 Saudi Arabia66.2%
6 Iran66.1%
7 Morocco65.9%
8 Georgia65.0%
9 Lebanon64.7%
10 Kuwait63.9%
11 United Arab Emirates63.5%
12 Turkiye62.5%
13 Bahrain59.2%
14 Qatar57.8%
15 Malaysia57.0%
16 Romania52.6%
17 Kazakhstan 51.2%
18 Russian Federation50.7%
19 Cyprus49.6%
20 Singapore48.6%
21 Lithuania43.7%
22 Portugal42.2%
23 United States40.1%
24 Israel39.3%
25 Sweden37.3%
26 Hungary37.0%
27 Hong Kong, China36.8%
28 United Kingdom34.6%
29 Chile33.2%
30 Australia32.2%
31 Italy32.0%
32 New Zealand31.8%
33 Taiwan30.8%
34 Ireland30.6%
35 Norway28.6%
36 France27.6%
37 Finland25.8%
38 Republic of Korea23.1%
39 Japan20.0%

Note
United Kingdom: England only.

No data for 199 countries.

Source
TIMSS 2019 > International Database > TIMSS 2019 Data Almanacs - Grade 8

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -4.228860 X +8.092
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.678
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.460

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -88325.693125 X +76515.861
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.596
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.355

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -18.687124 X +87.593
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.691
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.477

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 2.259146 X +0.731
Correlation coefficient (r)0.658
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.433

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -19.627661 X +20.225
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.476
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.227