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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:
41 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Thailand74.6%
2 Slovenia61.6%
3 Romania59.7%
4 Ukraine59.3%
5 Hungary58.1%
6 Hong Kong, China56.3%
7 Lithuania53.9%
8 Chile53.0%
9 Russian Federation52.9%
10 Ghana51.7%
11 Palestinian Territory51.6%
11 United States51.6%
13 Morocco 51.1%
14 Tunisia51.0%
15 Singapore50.8%
16 Jordan50.7%
17 New Zealand49.5%
18 Qatar49.4%
19 North Macedonia48.6%
20 Oman48.5%
21 Australia48.3%
22 Taiwan47.9%
23 United Arab Emirates47.8%
24 Syrian Arab Republic47.2%
25 Malaysia47.1%
26 Italy47.0%
27 Sweden46.4%
27 United Kingdom46.4%
29 Bahrain45.8%
30 Finland44.7%
31 Indonesia44.3%
32 Turkiye43.2%
33 Lebanon42.7%
34 Japan38.3%
35 Republic of Korea37.2%
36 Saudi Arabia35.4%
37 Norway34.4%
38 Iran34.1%
39 Armenia30.2%
40 Kazakhstan29.8%
41 Georgia22.8%

Note
United Kingdom: England only.

No data for 197 countries.

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

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 0.454048 X +5.683
Correlation coefficient (r)0.043
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data39
Regression equation
Y = -14855.380009 X +35009.008
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.060
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = -1.329817 X +78.238
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.028
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = -1.128248 X +2.395
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.166
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.028

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 10.602529 X +5.495
Correlation coefficient (r)0.147
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022