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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:
39 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Egypt51.5%
2 South Africa42.3%
3 Jordan42.2%
4 Morocco41.8%
5 Lebanon33.6%
6 Oman33.2%
7 Saudi Arabia32.0%
8 Iran31.0%
9 Turkiye30.4%
10 United Arab Emirates29.9%
11 Kuwait26.7%
12 Georgia26.3%
13 Bahrain25.6%
13 Israel25.6%
15 Qatar25.3%
16 Cyprus22.8%
17 United States20.6%
18 Chile19.4%
19 Norway19.3%
20 Kazakhstan 18.4%
21 Romania17.7%
22 Hungary17.4%
23 Australia17.0%
24 Singapore16.8%
25 Malaysia16.5%
26 Italy16.3%
27 New Zealand16.2%
28 Portugal16.1%
29 United Kingdom15.5%
30 Ireland15.1%
31 Hong Kong, China14.4%
32 Russian Federation12.6%
33 Sweden12.1%
34 France11.9%
35 Finland11.5%
36 Taiwan9.4%
37 Lithuania9.3%
38 Republic of Korea7.0%
39 Japan6.8%

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 = -5.867942 X +7.368
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.608
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.370

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -104537.767463 X +57212.649
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.449
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.202

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -23.235259 X +83.733
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.545
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.297

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 3.878292 X +0.959
Correlation coefficient (r)0.717
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.514

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -35.566548 X +18.676
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.547
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.299