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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 4-7
Period:
Area:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Cyprus82.3%
2 Spain82.2%
3 Germany82.1%
4 Austria80.5%
5 Sweden79.6%
6 France79.5%
7 Norway78.6%
8 Australia78.3%
9 Slovenia77.9%
10 Canada77.0%
11 United Kingdom75.1%
12 United States74.2%
13 New Zealand72.6%
14 Israel71.8%
15 Japan 69.6%
16 Czech Republic68.8%
17 Philippines67.3%
18 Portugal64.6%
19 Slovakia61.4%
20 Poland60.2%
21 Hungary58.3%
22 Chile53.9%
23 Latvia52.7%
24 Russian Federation46.4%
25 Bulgaria41.5%

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 = 2.921013 X +4.508
Correlation coefficient (r)0.683
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.466

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 121507.853007 X -46317.254
Correlation coefficient (r)0.619
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.383

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 30.113476 X +58.036
Correlation coefficient (r)0.770
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.593

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 0.023669 X +1.634
Correlation coefficient (r)0.007
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -9.754796 X +16.596
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.278
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.077