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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about your mathematics lessons? - I know what my teacher expects me to do.
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 Albania85.6%
2 North Macedonia82.9%
3 Montenegro81.3%
4 Bulgaria78.0%
5 Iran77.6%
6 Bosnia and Herzegovina74.6%
7 South Africa73.7%
8 Kosovo73.6%
9 United States73.4%
10 Hungary72.5%
11 Pakistan 72.1%
12 Armenia70.8%
12 Cyprus70.8%
14 Azerbaijan68.9%
15 Georgia66.6%
16 Australia66.2%
17 Malta66.0%
18 Bahrain65.9%
19 United Arab Emirates65.6%
20 Canada64.8%
21 Portugal64.7%
22 United Kingdom64.5%
23 Qatar64.4%
24 Kuwait63.7%
25 Morocco63.1%
25 Saudi Arabia63.1%
27 Serbia62.2%
28 Oman62.1%
29 Turkiye60.0%
30 Austria57.5%
31 New Zealand57.4%
32 Ireland57.3%
33 Lithuania57.1%
34 Chile56.6%
35 Spain56.5%
36 Taiwan55.4%
37 Slovakia53.8%
38 Singapore53.6%
39 Poland52.9%
40 France52.4%
41 Philippines51.5%
42 Italy50.6%
43 Kazakhstan50.2%
44 Norway49.3%
45 Netherlands48.3%
46 Germany47.7%
47 Russian Federation46.2%
48 Croatia44.6%
49 Hong Kong, China44.2%
50 Czech Republic44.1%
51 Latvia42.0%
52 Belgium41.6%
53 Sweden39.7%
54 Finland38.8%
55 Denmark36.9%
56 Japan13.0%
57 Republic of Korea11.7%

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 = -2.112294 X +7.471
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.401
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.161

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data57
Regression equation
Y = -58852.137602 X +65908.400
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.365
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.133

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data56
Regression equation
Y = -13.115842 X +85.824
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.443
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.196

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data56
Regression equation
Y = 0.858077 X +1.182
Correlation coefficient (r)0.266
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.071

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data54
Regression equation
Y = -17.327311 X +21.554
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.422
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.178