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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about mathematics? - I would like a job that involves using mathematics.
Choices: "Agree a lot" "Agree a little" "Disagree a little" "Disagree a lot"
Data: % of "Agree a lot"
Period:
Area:
18 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Turkiye30.4%
2 Israel25.6%
3 United States20.6%
4 Chile19.4%
5 Norway19.3%
6 Hungary17.4%
7 Australia17.0%
8 Italy16.3%
9 New Zealand16.2%
10 Portugal 16.1%
11 United Kingdom15.5%
12 Ireland15.1%
13 Sweden12.1%
14 France11.9%
15 Finland11.5%
16 Lithuania9.3%
17 Republic of Korea7.0%
18 Japan6.8%

Note
United Kingdom: England only.

No data for 20 countries.

Source
TIMSS 2019 > International Database > TIMSS 2019 Data Almanacs - Grade 8

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -2.293888 X +7.025
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.185
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.034

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -28261.095838 X +50553.536
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.070
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -12.361026 X +82.991
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.267
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.071

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 4.642399 X +0.857
Correlation coefficient (r)0.680
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.462

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -80.602147 X +25.885
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.740
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.548