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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:
41 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Ukraine50.1%
2 Turkiye38.5%
3 Bulgaria37.1%
4 Hungary36.3%
5 Portugal35.6%
6 Lithuania35.4%
7 Chile35.0%
8 Taiwan30.9%
9 Latvia30.3%
10 China29.8%
11 Russian Federation29.2%
12 Philippines27.8%
13 Republic of Korea25.8%
14 Italy25.3%
15 South Africa24.9%
16 Croatia23.8%
17 Japan 23.5%
18 Estonia19.9%
19 France19.6%
20 Israel19.2%
21 Slovakia18.8%
22 Czech Republic18.1%
23 Argentina16.9%
24 United Kingdom16.3%
25 Slovenia16.1%
26 Poland14.5%
27 Venezuela14.3%
28 Spain12.9%
29 Germany10.1%
30 United States8.6%
31 Denmark8.3%
32 Cyprus8.1%
33 New Zealand7.8%
34 Finland7.5%
35 Belgium7.4%
36 Sweden7.3%
37 Australia7.1%
38 Switzerland6.9%
39 Iceland6.8%
40 Norway6.6%
41 Austria4.7%

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

No data for 197 countries.

Source
ISSP 2009

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data41
Regression equation
Y = -4.306006 X +7.315
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.739
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.546

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data41
Regression equation
Y = -149128.697840 X +65464.227
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.703
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.494

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = -24.625032 X +83.107
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.544
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.296

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = -0.333400 X +1.697
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.096
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = 6.605764 X +9.197
Correlation coefficient (r)0.145
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.021