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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about mathematics? - I need to do well in mathematics 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 South Africa80.1%
2 Jordan76.2%
3 Egypt73.1%
4 Israel72.6%
5 Morocco 70.4%
6 Oman69.2%
7 Kuwait66.9%
8 Saudi Arabia66.3%
9 Turkiye65.2%
10 Iran64.5%
11 United Arab Emirates61.0%
12 United States60.2%
13 United Kingdom59.0%
14 Lebanon58.4%
15 Bahrain58.3%
16 Qatar57.2%
17 Georgia55.8%
18 Ireland55.0%
19 Cyprus52.5%
20 New Zealand49.5%
21 Malaysia48.0%
22 Singapore46.9%
23 Portugal46.3%
24 Chile46.2%
25 Norway45.7%
26 Australia45.5%
27 Lithuania43.6%
28 Romania41.2%
29 Sweden39.4%
30 Kazakhstan39.0%
31 Russian Federation38.5%
32 France37.0%
33 Republic of Korea35.1%
34 Finland34.5%
35 Japan34.0%
36 Hungary33.3%
37 Italy32.1%
38 Hong Kong, China31.0%
39 Taiwan23.1%

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 = -2.683637 X +7.468
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.377
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.142

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -41477.324209 X +55868.738
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.246
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.061

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -14.732636 X +86.258
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.455
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.207

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 2.780854 X +0.369
Correlation coefficient (r)0.676
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.457

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -26.295694 X +24.575
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.518
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.268