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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about mathematics? - I need to do well in mathematics to get the job I want.
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 South Africa77.4%
2 Egypt70.1%
3 Jordan69.9%
4 Morocco68.3%
5 Oman66.5%
6 Israel64.3%
7 Saudi Arabia64.0%
8 Kuwait61.3%
9 Turkiye58.2%
10 Iran57.4%
11 United Arab Emirates55.5%
12 Bahrain54.1%
13 Georgia53.7%
14 Lebanon53.0%
15 Qatar51.8%
16 Malaysia51.1%
17 United Kingdom48.3%
18 United States48.1%
19 Ireland46.0%
20 Cyprus45.5%
21 New Zealand44.0%
22 Australia43.9%
23 Portugal42.3%
23 Singapore42.3%
25 Chile41.7%
26 Norway41.2%
27 Lithuania39.9%
28 Romania38.2%
29 Kazakhstan 38.0%
30 France37.7%
31 Russian Federation36.0%
32 Hungary35.6%
33 Sweden31.9%
34 Italy30.6%
35 Republic of Korea29.9%
36 Finland29.6%
37 Japan28.4%
38 Hong Kong, China25.3%
39 Taiwan17.7%

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 = -3.142767 X +7.562
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.426
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.181

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -61359.185121 X +63381.183
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.353
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.125

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -18.402067 X +87.366
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.546
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.298

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 3.145456 X +0.317
Correlation coefficient (r)0.736
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.542

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -26.954085 X +23.744
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.507
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.257