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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? - Refused to talk to 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:
38 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 South Africa51.8%
2 Malaysia49.5%
3 Singapore47.8%
4 Australia46.9%
5 New Zealand46.7%
6 United Kingdom42.5%
7 United States41.7%
8 Norway39.1%
9 Ireland38.7%
9 United Arab Emirates38.7%
11 Oman38.2%
12 Qatar36.0%
13 Morocco 34.5%
14 Romania34.3%
15 France34.1%
16 Bahrain33.9%
17 Egypt33.6%
18 Cyprus33.4%
19 Lebanon32.8%
20 Russian Federation32.5%
20 Sweden32.5%
22 Iran31.0%
23 Chile30.2%
24 Italy29.9%
25 Hong Kong, China29.8%
26 Kuwait28.7%
27 Hungary28.6%
28 Lithuania28.5%
29 Turkiye27.8%
30 Jordan27.4%
31 Portugal25.8%
32 Saudi Arabia24.0%
33 Finland23.4%
34 Taiwan18.8%
35 Kazakhstan14.7%
36 Japan13.2%
37 Georgia12.4%
38 Republic of Korea11.2%

Note
United Kingdom: England only.

No data for 200 countries.

Source
TIMSS 2019 > International Database > TIMSS 2019 Data Almanacs - Grade 8

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = 1.669794 X +5.532
Correlation coefficient (r)0.166
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.028

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = 74726.249966 X +10021.366
Correlation coefficient (r)0.305
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.093

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -1.407133 X +78.894
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.031
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -0.043023 X +1.809
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.008
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -11.245966 X +14.485
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.162
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.026