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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about mathematics? - Mathematics makes me confused.
Choices: "Agree a lot" "Agree a little" "Disagree a little" "Disagree a lot"
Data: % of "Agree a lot"
Period:
Area:
57 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Philippines31.1%
2 South Africa28.4%
3 Kuwait22.5%
4 Kosovo22.1%
4 Qatar22.1%
6 Pakistan 22.0%
7 New Zealand21.2%
8 Chile20.3%
9 Oman19.7%
10 Spain19.4%
11 Taiwan19.0%
11 Turkiye19.0%
13 Iran18.7%
13 Portugal18.7%
15 Saudi Arabia17.9%
16 United Arab Emirates17.3%
17 Malta17.1%
18 United States17.0%
19 Morocco16.7%
20 Singapore16.5%
21 Russian Federation15.9%
22 Bahrain15.7%
23 Australia15.2%
24 United Kingdom14.9%
25 Bosnia and Herzegovina14.6%
25 Ireland14.6%
27 Canada14.4%
28 Hong Kong, China14.1%
29 North Macedonia14.0%
30 Azerbaijan13.8%
31 Armenia12.6%
31 Bulgaria12.6%
33 Poland12.4%
34 Georgia12.2%
35 Italy12.1%
36 Serbia12.0%
37 Albania11.9%
37 Montenegro11.9%
39 Belgium11.6%
40 Germany11.5%
41 Norway11.2%
41 Republic of Korea11.2%
43 Denmark11.0%
44 Czech Republic10.6%
45 Austria10.5%
46 Latvia10.4%
47 Slovakia10.3%
48 Cyprus10.1%
49 Netherlands10.0%
50 France9.7%
51 Croatia8.9%
51 Hungary8.9%
53 Sweden8.3%
54 Japan5.6%
55 Finland5.5%
56 Kazakhstan4.8%
57 Lithuania3.8%

Note
Belgium: The Flemish Community only. United Kingdom: England only.

No data for 181 countries.

Source
TIMSS 2019 > International Database > TIMSS 2019 Data Almanacs - Grade 4

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data55
Regression equation
Y = -4.404590 X +6.868
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.299
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.089

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data57
Regression equation
Y = -80027.219200 X +43120.398
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.182
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.033

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data56
Regression equation
Y = -27.489299 X +82.114
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.338
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.114

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data56
Regression equation
Y = 3.210440 X +1.222
Correlation coefficient (r)0.362
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.131

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data54
Regression equation
Y = -45.868810 X +17.969
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.406
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.165