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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about science? - Learning science 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 Egypt71.4%
2 Jordan65.9%
3 Kuwait61.1%
4 Saudi Arabia61.0%
5 Oman60.8%
6 United Arab Emirates60.2%
7 South Africa58.9%
8 Iran58.5%
9 Bahrain58.1%
10 Qatar56.3%
11 Lebanon52.8%
12 Turkiye52.0%
13 Morocco 51.9%
14 Singapore50.0%
15 United States47.6%
16 Malaysia47.4%
17 United Kingdom46.6%
18 Georgia45.4%
19 Cyprus44.4%
20 Israel44.2%
21 Australia39.2%
22 Romania38.8%
23 Ireland37.9%
24 Portugal36.4%
25 Russian Federation35.9%
26 New Zealand35.6%
27 Lithuania33.5%
28 Kazakhstan31.7%
29 Norway31.4%
30 Finland30.5%
31 Chile29.4%
32 Sweden29.2%
33 Italy29.0%
34 Hungary28.5%
35 France27.3%
36 Hong Kong, China27.1%
37 Republic of Korea25.7%
38 Taiwan18.9%
39 Japan17.8%

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 = -3.390857 X +7.532
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.451
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.203

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -50966.625765 X +56348.855
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.289
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.084

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -16.401271 X +85.710
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.492
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.242

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 2.483185 X +0.740
Correlation coefficient (r)0.587
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.345

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -29.982631 X +23.889
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.581
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.338