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Question: These five diagrams show different types of society. Please read the descriptions and look at the diagrams and decide which you would prefer the country ought to be.
Type AType BType CType DType E
A small elite at the top, very few people in the middle and the great mass of people at the bottom.A society like a pyramid with a small elite at the top, more people in the middle, and most at the bottom.A pyramid except that just a few people are at the bottom.A society with most people in the middle.Many people near the top, and only a few near the bottom.

Data: % of Type D
Period:
Area:
20 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Finland64.3%
2 Switzerland60.6%
3 Norway58.9%
4 Germany58.6%
5 New Zealand 57.5%
6 United States57.1%
7 Australia56.8%
8 Austria56.5%
9 Denmark56.2%
9 United Kingdom56.2%
11 Sweden53.4%
12 France51.6%
13 Iceland51.5%
14 Japan51.2%
15 Slovenia49.8%
16 Lithuania48.4%
17 Italy43.5%
18 Israel42.6%
19 Chile41.0%
20 Czech Republic40.8%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 18 countries.

Source
ISSP 2019

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 2.860332 X +5.430
Correlation coefficient (r)0.438
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.192

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 209715.244700 X -56921.078
Correlation coefficient (r)0.650
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.423

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 6.775872 X +77.851
Correlation coefficient (r)0.218
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.048

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -1.680363 X +2.455
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.328
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.108

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 12.442728 X +3.874
Correlation coefficient (r)0.237
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.056