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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about science? - I need to do well in science to get into the university of my choice.
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 Egypt73.1%
2 Jordan70.5%
3 Saudi Arabia65.1%
4 Oman64.8%
5 Kuwait64.5%
6 Iran63.9%
7 United Arab Emirates61.3%
8 South Africa60.4%
9 Bahrain59.7%
10 Qatar56.8%
11 Morocco 56.2%
12 Lebanon55.6%
12 Turkiye55.6%
14 Malaysia51.8%
15 Georgia50.8%
16 United States47.3%
17 Singapore47.0%
18 Israel45.1%
19 United Kingdom44.0%
20 Cyprus41.8%
21 Russian Federation40.3%
22 Lithuania37.3%
23 Kazakhstan36.6%
24 New Zealand34.7%
25 Romania33.9%
26 Australia33.6%
27 Portugal33.3%
28 Ireland31.4%
29 Chile30.7%
30 Hong Kong, China29.3%
31 Sweden26.9%
32 Italy26.6%
33 France26.5%
34 Norway25.8%
35 Hungary25.7%
36 Japan24.8%
37 Republic of Korea24.5%
38 Finland23.4%
39 Taiwan21.5%

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 = -3.763524 X +7.708
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.555
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.308

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -66242.477945 X +63249.379
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.417
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.174

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -16.238212 X +85.729
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.548
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.300

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 2.395889 X +0.765
Correlation coefficient (r)0.637
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.406

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -24.691459 X +21.682
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.543
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.295