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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:
29 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Finland64.3%
2 Switzerland60.6%
3 Thailand59.2%
4 Norway58.9%
5 Germany58.6%
6 New Zealand57.5%
7 United States57.1%
8 Australia56.8%
9 Austria56.5%
10 Denmark56.2%
10 United Kingdom56.2%
12 Croatia53.9%
13 Sweden53.4%
14 Bulgaria51.9%
15 France51.6%
16 Iceland51.5%
17 Japan 51.2%
18 Slovenia49.8%
19 Taiwan49.5%
20 Lithuania48.4%
21 Russian Federation43.7%
22 Italy43.5%
23 Israel42.6%
24 Chile41.0%
25 Czech Republic40.8%
26 Venezuela39.7%
27 Philippines36.7%
28 Suriname33.3%
29 South Africa27.3%

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 = 4.222481 X +4.488
Correlation coefficient (r)0.552
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.305

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 199232.673245 X -60027.439
Correlation coefficient (r)0.650
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.423

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = 44.537604 X +56.028
Correlation coefficient (r)0.706
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.498

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -2.880240 X +3.185
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.620
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.384

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -15.813881 X +18.992
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.248
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.062