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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about science? - I need science to learn other school subjects.
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 Egypt67.9%
2 Jordan65.4%
3 Oman54.1%
4 Morocco52.9%
5 Saudi Arabia51.9%
6 Kuwait49.4%
7 Lebanon48.8%
8 South Africa48.7%
9 Iran48.0%
9 United Arab Emirates48.0%
11 Georgia47.5%
12 Bahrain45.0%
13 Qatar42.9%
14 Turkiye42.1%
15 Russian Federation41.4%
16 Kazakhstan39.1%
16 Romania39.1%
18 Israel37.7%
19 Lithuania35.6%
20 Malaysia34.7%
21 Singapore30.6%
22 United States30.2%
23 Cyprus30.1%
24 United Kingdom28.3%
25 Portugal28.0%
26 Hungary26.7%
27 Hong Kong, China24.6%
28 Australia24.0%
28 Chile24.0%
30 New Zealand23.9%
30 Sweden23.9%
32 France 21.8%
33 Ireland21.0%
33 Norway21.0%
35 Finland20.7%
36 Italy19.6%
37 Republic of Korea17.1%
38 Taiwan15.0%
39 Japan12.6%

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 = -4.703554 X +7.736
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.631
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.398

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -101197.533604 X +70086.186
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.572
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.327

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -22.606679 X +86.688
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.688
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.473

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 3.058188 X +0.723
Correlation coefficient (r)0.733
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.537

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -22.276194 X +18.752
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.443
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.196