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Question: During this school year, how often have other students from your school done any of the following things to you, including through texting or the Internet? - Spread lies about me.
Choices: "At least once a week" "Once or twice a month" "A few times a year" "Never"
Data: % of "At least once a week" "Once or twice a month" "A few times a year"
Period:
Area:
57 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Philippines68.7%
2 South Africa59.9%
3 Russian Federation54.2%
4 Portugal53.7%
5 Latvia53.5%
6 Netherlands52.9%
7 New Zealand52.1%
8 Italy51.1%
9 Bulgaria50.0%
10 Qatar49.6%
11 Australia49.0%
12 Denmark48.8%
13 Chile48.7%
14 Belgium47.5%
15 Canada47.3%
16 Malta46.2%
17 United Kingdom46.1%
18 Morocco 45.0%
19 Bahrain44.8%
20 Austria44.6%
20 Spain44.6%
22 Croatia44.1%
23 Kuwait43.8%
23 Singapore43.8%
25 Germany43.5%
25 Hungary43.5%
27 Cyprus43.4%
28 United States42.8%
29 United Arab Emirates42.3%
30 Pakistan42.2%
31 Turkiye41.6%
32 Taiwan40.8%
33 Slovakia40.2%
34 Poland39.6%
35 Hong Kong, China39.0%
36 Sweden38.2%
37 Oman37.9%
38 Czech Republic37.7%
39 Saudi Arabia37.3%
40 Norway36.2%
41 Iran34.0%
42 Lithuania33.6%
43 France32.6%
44 Ireland31.9%
45 Finland30.8%
46 North Macedonia30.0%
47 Kazakhstan29.8%
48 Kosovo27.5%
49 Albania27.3%
50 Bosnia and Herzegovina25.9%
51 Serbia24.7%
52 Republic of Korea24.3%
53 Montenegro19.3%
54 Japan19.1%
55 Georgia18.7%
56 Azerbaijan17.2%
57 Armenia14.7%

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 = 1.591132 X +5.607
Correlation coefficient (r)0.227
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.052

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data57
Regression equation
Y = 40525.683963 X +15337.281
Correlation coefficient (r)0.191
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.036

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data56
Regression equation
Y = 0.119322 X +78.108
Correlation coefficient (r)0.003
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data56
Regression equation
Y = 0.244504 X +1.586
Correlation coefficient (r)0.057
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data54
Regression equation
Y = -1.100548 X +11.868
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.020
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000