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Question: In our society there are groups which tend to be towards the top and groups which tend to be towards the bottom. Where would you put yourself now on the scale?
Choices: Bottom 1 <---> 10
Data: % of 1-3
Period:
Area:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Bulgaria56.4%
2 Russian Federation51.2%
3 Latvia45.4%
4 Chile43.7%
5 Hungary40.5%
6 Poland34.7%
7 Slovakia33.5%
8 Portugal33.2%
9 Czech Republic27.6%
10 Japan 27.2%
11 Philippines24.9%
12 Slovenia18.6%
13 United Kingdom18.5%
14 Spain14.8%
15 New Zealand14.4%
16 Israel13.3%
17 France13.0%
18 Germany11.9%
19 Sweden9.8%
20 Austria9.6%
21 United States9.5%
22 Canada8.6%
23 Australia8.2%
24 Norway7.8%
25 Cyprus5.1%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 213 countries.

Source
ISSP 1999

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -2.475687 X +7.113
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.749
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.561

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -110190.909324 X +63703.238
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.727
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.529

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -22.142945 X +84.102
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.733
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.537

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -0.273830 X +1.714
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.104
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 7.052989 X +8.181
Correlation coefficient (r)0.260
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.068