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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 8-10
Period:
Area:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States16.3%
2 Israel14.9%
3 Canada14.4%
4 Norway13.7%
5 Australia13.5%
6 New Zealand13.0%
7 Cyprus12.6%
8 Sweden10.6%
9 Austria10.0%
10 Philippines7.8%
11 France7.5%
12 United Kingdom6.5%
13 Germany6.0%
14 Slovakia5.2%
15 Poland5.1%
16 Czech Republic3.6%
17 Slovenia3.5%
18 Japan 3.3%
19 Spain3.0%
20 Chile2.4%
21 Russian Federation2.3%
22 Portugal2.2%
23 Bulgaria2.1%
24 Latvia1.9%
25 Hungary1.2%

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 = 6.914241 X +6.032
Correlation coefficient (r)0.682
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.465

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 355996.899617 X +12075.226
Correlation coefficient (r)0.765
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.585

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 39.584067 X +76.061
Correlation coefficient (r)0.427
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.182

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 2.433038 X +1.472
Correlation coefficient (r)0.300
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.090

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -11.796718 X +10.682
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.142
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020