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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about mathematics? - Mathematics makes me nervous.
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 South Africa30.3%
2 Philippines24.3%
3 Kuwait23.4%
4 Turkiye23.1%
5 Chile22.8%
6 Qatar21.9%
7 Pakistan 21.7%
8 Spain20.7%
9 Portugal19.9%
9 Saudi Arabia19.9%
11 Oman19.4%
12 Singapore18.9%
13 Bahrain17.5%
14 United Arab Emirates16.8%
15 Malta16.6%
16 Georgia16.2%
17 Bosnia and Herzegovina16.1%
17 Morocco16.1%
19 New Zealand15.7%
20 Iran15.6%
21 Hong Kong, China15.0%
21 Taiwan15.0%
23 Belgium13.4%
24 Czech Republic13.3%
24 Slovakia13.3%
26 United States13.2%
27 Poland12.7%
28 Montenegro12.4%
29 Serbia12.2%
30 Cyprus12.1%
31 Canada12.0%
32 Russian Federation11.7%
33 Australia11.6%
34 Bulgaria10.8%
35 United Kingdom10.7%
36 Austria10.5%
36 Latvia10.5%
36 North Macedonia10.5%
36 Republic of Korea10.5%
40 Germany9.9%
40 Italy9.9%
42 France9.3%
43 Ireland9.1%
44 Armenia8.7%
44 Azerbaijan8.7%
44 Hungary8.7%
47 Croatia8.5%
48 Albania7.7%
49 Kosovo7.6%
50 Finland6.5%
50 Kazakhstan6.5%
52 Denmark5.9%
53 Sweden5.8%
54 Lithuania5.7%
55 Netherlands5.1%
56 Norway4.2%
57 Japan3.8%

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 = -5.468240 X +6.955
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.397
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.158

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data57
Regression equation
Y = -112088.788722 X +46473.697
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.274
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.075

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data56
Regression equation
Y = -22.745283 X +81.181
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.302
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.091

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data56
Regression equation
Y = 2.782887 X +1.314
Correlation coefficient (r)0.339
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.115

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data54
Regression equation
Y = -32.316182 X +15.749
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.312
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.097