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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about learning mathematics? - Mathematics is one of my favorite subjects.
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 Turkiye35.2%
2 Israel29.4%
3 United States27.8%
4 Italy24.5%
5 Portugal23.5%
6 Ireland19.5%
7 Australia18.5%
8 New Zealand18.3%
9 Norway18.2%
10 France17.8%
11 Chile17.5%
12 Sweden15.4%
13 United Kingdom 14.9%
14 Japan14.1%
15 Lithuania12.9%
16 Finland12.4%
16 Republic of Korea12.4%
18 Hungary11.6%

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 = -3.154732 X +7.261
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.280
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.078

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -16607.477411 X +49212.562
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.045
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -4.019074 X +81.785
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.096
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 3.629205 X +0.905
Correlation coefficient (r)0.584
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.341

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -65.328157 X +25.492
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.659
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.434