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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 A
Period:
Area:
29 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 South Africa10.1%
2 Philippines5.3%
3 Russian Federation3.4%
4 Chile2.6%
4 Italy2.6%
4 Suriname2.6%
7 Thailand2.4%
8 Czech Republic2.1%
9 Croatia2.0%
10 France1.8%
11 United States1.6%
11 Venezuela1.6%
13 Slovenia1.3%
14 Lithuania1.1%
15 Bulgaria0.9%
15 Switzerland0.9%
15 United Kingdom0.9%
18 Israel0.8%
19 Denmark0.7%
20 Japan 0.6%
20 New Zealand0.6%
22 Germany0.4%
22 Iceland0.4%
22 Norway0.4%
25 Australia0.3%
25 Austria0.3%
25 Sweden0.3%
25 Taiwan0.3%
29 Finland0.2%

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 = -19.353712 X +6.944
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.601
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.361

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -739032.075565 X +52065.364
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.537
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.288

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -219.818732 X +82.116
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.769
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.591

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = 8.778433 X +1.591
Correlation coefficient (r)0.417
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.174

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = 94.756939 X +9.441
Correlation coefficient (r)0.328
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.108