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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about learning mathematics? - I wish I did not have to study mathematics.
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 Azerbaijan32.2%
2 Kosovo27.9%
3 Pakistan 26.5%
4 South Africa23.4%
5 Kuwait23.1%
6 Oman22.4%
7 Poland21.4%
7 Spain21.4%
9 Philippines21.2%
10 Croatia20.4%
11 Chile20.1%
12 Austria20.0%
12 Bosnia and Herzegovina20.0%
14 Malta19.3%
14 Saudi Arabia19.3%
16 Germany18.9%
16 United States18.9%
18 North Macedonia18.0%
18 Qatar18.0%
20 Slovakia17.9%
21 Hungary17.1%
22 Serbia16.8%
22 Taiwan16.8%
24 Netherlands16.6%
25 Canada16.4%
26 Czech Republic16.1%
27 Italy15.5%
28 Montenegro14.7%
29 Bahrain14.2%
30 Belgium13.9%
31 Morocco13.8%
31 United Arab Emirates13.8%
33 Iran13.6%
34 Hong Kong, China13.4%
35 Ireland13.1%
36 Australia12.9%
37 Latvia12.5%
38 Denmark12.1%
39 Sweden12.0%
40 Bulgaria11.9%
40 Cyprus11.9%
42 Russian Federation11.5%
43 Albania11.1%
44 Singapore10.7%
45 United Kingdom10.2%
46 Norway10.0%
47 New Zealand9.6%
48 Finland9.3%
49 Turkiye9.1%
50 Republic of Korea8.4%
51 Portugal8.0%
52 France7.8%
53 Armenia7.3%
54 Kazakhstan6.7%
55 Georgia6.1%
55 Lithuania6.1%
57 Japan3.4%

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 = -1.629179 X +6.485
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.121
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data57
Regression equation
Y = -99436.106201 X +46615.123
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.245
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.060

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data56
Regression equation
Y = -29.347137 X +82.599
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.394
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.155

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data56
Regression equation
Y = 1.882642 X +1.399
Correlation coefficient (r)0.232
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.054

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data54
Regression equation
Y = -27.946269 X +15.600
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.263
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.069