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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about learning mathematics? - I like any schoolwork that involves numbers.
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 Egypt55.5%
2 Jordan46.8%
3 Morocco44.0%
4 Iran43.2%
5 Oman42.0%
6 South Africa39.2%
6 Turkiye39.2%
8 Lebanon35.8%
9 Saudi Arabia30.7%
10 United Arab Emirates29.5%
11 Georgia27.8%
11 Kuwait27.8%
13 Bahrain27.1%
14 Kazakhstan 25.7%
15 Romania22.5%
16 Qatar22.3%
17 Malaysia19.1%
18 Cyprus17.9%
19 Russian Federation17.8%
20 Hungary16.6%
21 Israel16.2%
22 Singapore15.4%
23 Ireland15.1%
24 United States14.6%
25 Italy14.2%
26 Chile14.1%
27 Portugal13.4%
28 Hong Kong, China13.1%
28 Sweden13.1%
30 Lithuania11.7%
31 New Zealand11.2%
32 United Kingdom11.1%
33 Australia10.7%
34 Republic of Korea9.4%
35 Taiwan9.3%
36 France9.2%
37 Norway8.6%
38 Japan6.8%
39 Finland5.7%

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 = -5.997725 X +7.380
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.740
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.548

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -115942.909753 X +59493.243
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.604
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.365

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -21.670996 X +83.361
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.620
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.384

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 3.214591 X +1.110
Correlation coefficient (r)0.724
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.524

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -25.728065 X +16.441
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.483
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.233