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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 think best describes is the country today.
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 E
Period:
Area:
29 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Norway8.6%
2 Iceland6.6%
3 Chile5.7%
4 Philippines5.2%
5 Switzerland5.1%
6 Russian Federation4.5%
7 South Africa4.4%
8 Denmark4.2%
8 Suriname4.2%
10 Sweden3.3%
11 Venezuela3.2%
12 Thailand3.1%
13 Japan 3.0%
14 United States2.8%
15 Italy2.7%
16 Czech Republic2.6%
17 Slovenia2.4%
18 Germany2.3%
18 Israel2.3%
18 United Kingdom2.3%
21 Finland2.2%
21 Taiwan2.2%
23 Austria1.9%
23 Croatia1.9%
23 New Zealand1.9%
26 Lithuania1.8%
27 France1.6%
28 Australia1.2%
29 Bulgaria0.6%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 209 countries.

Source
ISSP 2019

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = 5.146657 X +6.463
Correlation coefficient (r)0.140
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 446544.661776 X +25262.280
Correlation coefficient (r)0.285
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.081

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -16.440410 X +78.870
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.051
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = 3.274102 X +1.635
Correlation coefficient (r)0.137
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.019

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = 23.713030 X +10.296
Correlation coefficient (r)0.072
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005