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Question: During this year, how often did someone spread lies about you at school?
Choices: "At least once a week" "Once or twice a month" "Few times a year" "Never"
Data: % of "At least once a week" "Once or twice a month" "Few times a year"
Period:
Area:
49 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Thailand70.2%
2 Belgium58.7%
3 Qatar58.3%
4 New Zealand56.4%
5 Netherlands56.3%
6 Saudi Arabia55.4%
7 Bahrain54.7%
8 Tunisia54.4%
9 Singapore54.3%
10 Chile54.2%
11 Russian Federation53.8%
12 Morocco 53.6%
13 United Kingdom53.5%
14 Slovakia53.2%
15 Malta53.0%
16 Romania51.7%
17 Germany51.2%
17 United Arab Emirates51.2%
19 Croatia51.1%
20 Portugal51.0%
21 Hungary50.9%
22 Australia50.6%
23 Austria50.4%
24 Spain50.3%
25 Turkiye47.7%
26 Italy47.6%
27 Yemen47.3%
28 Slovenia47.2%
29 Oman46.7%
30 Kuwait45.8%
30 United States45.8%
32 Lithuania45.3%
33 Czech Republic43.4%
33 Serbia43.4%
35 Republic of Korea43.3%
36 Hong Kong, China43.0%
36 Taiwan43.0%
38 Denmark42.7%
39 Japan42.0%
40 Sweden39.9%
41 Finland39.3%
42 Norway39.1%
43 Poland38.3%
44 Iran37.0%
45 Ireland35.1%
46 Azerbaijan29.0%
47 Kazakhstan28.7%
48 Armenia23.6%
49 Georgia18.4%

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

No data for 189 countries.

Source
International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), TIMSS 2011 Fourth Grade Almanacs.

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data47
Regression equation
Y = 1.518129 X +5.582
Correlation coefficient (r)0.171
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.029

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data49
Regression equation
Y = 20215.012311 X +24118.950
Correlation coefficient (r)0.079
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data48
Regression equation
Y = 8.215869 X +74.800
Correlation coefficient (r)0.195
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.038

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data48
Regression equation
Y = -0.876268 X +2.101
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.164
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data47
Regression equation
Y = 0.864055 X +10.767
Correlation coefficient (r)0.014
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000