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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 B
Period:
Area:
29 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Philippines16.2%
2 South Africa16.1%
3 Czech Republic12.2%
4 Italy10.3%
5 Chile9.5%
6 Japan 9.1%
7 Suriname8.7%
8 United Kingdom8.0%
9 Switzerland7.3%
10 Thailand7.0%
11 France6.9%
12 Russian Federation6.7%
13 Israel5.9%
14 United States5.1%
15 Taiwan4.9%
16 Lithuania3.9%
16 Sweden3.9%
18 Austria3.8%
18 Denmark3.8%
18 Slovenia3.8%
21 Venezuela3.5%
22 Croatia3.3%
23 Australia3.2%
23 Germany3.2%
25 New Zealand3.1%
26 Bulgaria2.6%
27 Finland2.2%
27 Norway2.2%
29 Iceland1.4%

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 = -7.525786 X +7.082
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.454
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.206

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -329728.536778 X +59921.460
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.468
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.219

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -68.478833 X +82.561
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.471
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.222

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = 4.085330 X +1.490
Correlation coefficient (r)0.382
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.146

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = 11.056009 X +10.389
Correlation coefficient (r)0.075
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006