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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about mathematics? - I need mathematics to learn other school subjects.
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 Morocco 64.1%
2 Egypt64.0%
3 Jordan61.5%
4 South Africa53.5%
5 Israel48.7%
6 Oman48.5%
7 Lebanon48.0%
8 Georgia44.8%
9 Romania44.2%
10 Iran43.7%
11 Saudi Arabia42.0%
12 United Arab Emirates40.5%
13 Lithuania40.2%
13 Russian Federation40.2%
15 Turkiye38.3%
16 United Kingdom37.7%
17 Bahrain37.1%
18 Kuwait35.9%
18 New Zealand35.9%
18 United States35.9%
21 Australia34.6%
22 Portugal34.4%
23 Ireland33.7%
24 Kazakhstan33.3%
25 Chile33.0%
26 France32.6%
27 Qatar32.4%
28 Norway30.2%
29 Singapore28.6%
30 Hungary28.4%
31 Cyprus27.7%
32 Sweden26.6%
33 Finland23.9%
34 Malaysia22.0%
35 Italy20.8%
36 Hong Kong, China20.3%
37 Japan18.3%
38 Republic of Korea17.1%
39 Taiwan16.3%

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 = -4.192334 X +7.617
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.493
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.243

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -90644.135245 X +67248.275
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.442
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.195

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -22.891687 X +86.997
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.596
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.355

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 3.555865 X +0.512
Correlation coefficient (r)0.729
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.531

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -19.759290 X +18.044
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.330
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.109