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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about science? - science makes me confused.
Choices: "Agree a lot" "Agree a little" "Disagree a little" "Disagree a lot"
Data: % of "Agree a lot"
Period:
Area:
57 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Philippines32.2%
2 South Africa27.5%
3 Kosovo26.0%
4 Pakistan23.9%
5 Kuwait19.5%
6 Qatar18.5%
7 Oman18.4%
8 Saudi Arabia17.4%
9 Morocco 17.1%
10 Chile17.0%
11 New Zealand15.7%
12 United Arab Emirates15.5%
13 Montenegro15.3%
14 Azerbaijan14.6%
14 North Macedonia14.6%
16 Cyprus14.3%
16 Spain14.3%
18 Albania14.2%
19 Malta14.1%
20 United Kingdom13.9%
21 Bahrain13.7%
22 Hong Kong, China13.5%
23 Russian Federation13.2%
24 Bosnia and Herzegovina13.0%
25 Iran12.6%
26 Turkiye12.4%
27 Georgia12.3%
27 Singapore12.3%
29 Armenia12.0%
29 United States12.0%
31 Australia11.4%
32 Canada11.0%
33 France10.7%
34 Serbia9.8%
35 Belgium9.4%
35 Portugal9.4%
37 Poland9.2%
37 Slovakia9.2%
39 Czech Republic8.9%
40 Ireland8.7%
41 Bulgaria8.6%
42 Italy8.3%
43 Netherlands8.2%
44 Latvia7.8%
45 Germany7.7%
45 Taiwan7.7%
47 Austria7.5%
48 Finland7.0%
49 Sweden6.8%
50 Denmark6.7%
51 Norway6.6%
52 Hungary6.4%
53 Croatia4.9%
53 Kazakhstan4.9%
55 Republic of Korea4.3%
56 Lithuania3.5%
57 Japan2.3%

Note
Belgium: The Flemish Community only. United Kingdom: England only.

No data for 181 countries.

Source
TIMSS 2019 > International Database > TIMSS 2019 Data Almanacs - Grade 4

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data55
Regression equation
Y = -5.124130 X +6.856
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.378
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.143

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data57
Regression equation
Y = -146526.915763 X +49471.041
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.360
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.130

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data56
Regression equation
Y = -37.775994 X +82.811
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.503
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.253

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data56
Regression equation
Y = 3.948143 X +1.197
Correlation coefficient (r)0.482
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.232

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data54
Regression equation
Y = -46.366175 X +17.013
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.429
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.184