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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about science? - My parents think that it is important that I do well in science.
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 Egypt71.3%
2 Jordan69.7%
3 Iran69.1%
4 United Arab Emirates65.1%
5 Kuwait63.4%
6 Oman62.9%
7 Saudi Arabia62.0%
8 Qatar60.2%
9 Bahrain59.6%
10 Turkiye58.0%
11 Lebanon57.5%
12 Georgia54.1%
12 United States54.1%
14 Israel53.0%
15 United Kingdom52.4%
16 South Africa51.7%
17 Singapore51.5%
18 Morocco 51.0%
19 Cyprus49.4%
20 Malaysia48.9%
21 Australia41.2%
22 Ireland40.0%
23 Romania39.0%
24 Lithuania37.2%
25 Russian Federation37.0%
26 Norway36.7%
27 Portugal35.7%
28 New Zealand35.5%
29 Chile32.9%
30 Sweden31.6%
31 Kazakhstan31.4%
32 Italy30.6%
33 Hungary29.0%
34 France26.0%
35 Hong Kong, China23.7%
36 Finland22.0%
37 Taiwan21.5%
38 Republic of Korea16.7%
39 Japan16.5%

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 = -2.813648 X +7.337
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.423
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.179

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -37557.890831 X +51266.402
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.240
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.058

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -12.483212 X +84.223
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.427
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.182

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 2.141049 X +0.851
Correlation coefficient (r)0.577
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.333

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -30.097885 X +24.523
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.661
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.437