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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about mathematics? - Learning mathematics will give me more job opportunities when I am an adult.
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 Africa74.9%
2 Israel68.8%
3 Egypt66.4%
3 Jordan66.4%
5 Turkiye61.5%
6 Oman61.4%
7 Morocco 61.2%
8 Saudi Arabia57.2%
9 United States56.9%
10 Kuwait56.6%
11 United Arab Emirates56.5%
12 Cyprus55.6%
12 Ireland55.6%
14 Australia54.9%
14 Georgia54.9%
16 United Kingdom54.7%
17 Portugal54.2%
18 Iran53.9%
19 Norway52.8%
20 Bahrain50.8%
21 Lebanon50.5%
22 Romania50.3%
23 Qatar50.0%
24 New Zealand49.7%
25 Singapore49.2%
26 Malaysia44.0%
27 Chile43.7%
28 Finland42.7%
29 Hungary42.6%
29 Italy42.6%
31 France39.9%
32 Sweden39.6%
33 Kazakhstan36.0%
34 Lithuania35.3%
35 Russian Federation33.7%
36 Republic of Korea27.5%
37 Hong Kong, China25.7%
38 Japan24.4%
39 Taiwan20.9%

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 = -1.520738 X +6.846
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.186
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.035

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -23005.461197 X +45886.481
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.118
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -14.332232 X +85.723
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.374
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.140

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 2.824945 X +0.410
Correlation coefficient (r)0.581
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.338

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -34.693632 X +28.261
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.562
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.316