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Question: In mathematics lessons, how often do you work problems on your own?
Choices: "Every or almost every lesson" "About half the lessons" "Some lessons" "Never"
Data: % of "Every or almost every lesson"
Period:
Area:
28 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Finland74.0%
2 Lithuania67.2%
3 Japan66.9%
4 Norway66.1%
5 Germany66.0%
6 Republic of Korea63.7%
7 Ireland63.6%
8 Slovakia61.9%
9 Latvia61.8%
10 Netherlands59.5%
11 Australia59.4%
12 United Kingdom59.1%
13 Belgium58.4%
13 Italy58.4%
15 Turkiye58.0%
16 United States57.9%
17 Poland 57.1%
18 Hungary57.0%
19 Chile56.3%
20 Portugal56.1%
21 Spain55.4%
22 Austria52.6%
23 Canada50.6%
24 Sweden48.8%
25 Czech Republic44.6%
26 New Zealand42.4%
27 Denmark41.4%
28 France32.5%

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

No data for 10 countries.

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

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -0.888255 X +7.208
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.121
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = 6221.694375 X +40288.293
Correlation coefficient (r)0.025
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -2.280626 X +81.751
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.075
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -0.975155 X +2.072
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.407
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.166

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = 14.865262 X +4.802
Correlation coefficient (r)0.246
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.061