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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:
41 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Spain85.0%
2 Austria83.2%
3 Belgium81.3%
4 Switzerland80.8%
5 Australia80.6%
6 Cyprus80.4%
6 Sweden80.4%
8 Germany80.3%
9 Iceland80.2%
9 Slovenia80.2%
11 United States79.9%
12 Denmark79.6%
13 Argentina78.8%
14 Czech Republic78.4%
15 New Zealand78.1%
16 Norway77.9%
17 Poland76.4%
18 Slovakia76.2%
19 United Kingdom76.1%
20 France75.6%
21 Japan 73.7%
22 Estonia73.3%
23 Croatia72.0%
24 Italy71.9%
25 Republic of Korea71.8%
26 Venezuela70.9%
27 Taiwan68.0%
28 Philippines66.9%
29 Israel66.8%
30 China66.1%
31 Russian Federation66.0%
32 Latvia65.2%
33 South Africa64.9%
34 Hungary62.8%
35 Chile62.7%
36 Bulgaria61.1%
37 Lithuania60.9%
38 Turkiye58.9%
39 Portugal58.3%
40 Finland57.8%
41 Ukraine48.6%

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 = 4.231234 X +3.398
Correlation coefficient (r)0.545
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.297

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data41
Regression equation
Y = 155178.714105 X -76430.033
Correlation coefficient (r)0.549
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.301

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = 31.520846 X +55.456
Correlation coefficient (r)0.527
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.278

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = -0.103740 X +1.706
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.023
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = -10.678849 X +18.221
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.177
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.031