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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:
39 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Turkiye27.9%
2 Kuwait26.4%
3 Qatar25.0%
4 Romania24.8%
5 Republic of Korea22.4%
6 Bahrain22.2%
7 Sweden21.3%
8 Hong Kong, China21.2%
8 United States21.2%
10 Egypt21.0%
11 Ireland20.9%
12 Israel20.7%
13 Oman20.5%
14 Hungary20.4%
15 Italy20.3%
16 Norway20.2%
16 Taiwan20.2%
18 Saudi Arabia19.5%
19 Jordan18.4%
20 Cyprus18.3%
21 Australia17.9%
22 Chile17.4%
23 United Arab Emirates 16.9%
24 Singapore16.0%
25 France15.8%
26 Lebanon15.6%
26 Portugal15.6%
28 United Kingdom15.2%
29 New Zealand15.0%
30 Iran14.6%
31 Finland13.9%
31 South Africa13.9%
33 Lithuania13.0%
34 Georgia11.3%
34 Japan11.3%
36 Russian Federation10.8%
37 Morocco10.6%
38 Malaysia5.0%
39 Kazakhstan4.0%

Note
United Kingdom: England only.

No data for 199 countries.

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

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = 2.297964 X +5.703
Correlation coefficient (r)0.116
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 130438.466134 X +11514.523
Correlation coefficient (r)0.281
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.079

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 20.743694 X +74.910
Correlation coefficient (r)0.244
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.060

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -1.351552 X +2.061
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.125
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -37.552857 X +17.211
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.290
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.084