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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:
41 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Finland34.6%
2 Norway15.5%
3 Venezuela14.8%
4 Israel14.1%
4 New Zealand14.1%
6 Iceland13.0%
7 Australia12.3%
7 Sweden12.3%
7 Switzerland12.3%
10 Austria12.1%
10 Denmark12.1%
12 Cyprus11.5%
12 United States11.5%
14 Belgium11.4%
15 South Africa10.3%
16 Germany9.6%
17 Poland9.1%
18 United Kingdom7.6%
19 Estonia6.7%
20 Portugal6.1%
21 Philippines5.3%
22 Slovakia5.1%
23 France4.8%
23 Russian Federation4.8%
25 Latvia4.4%
26 Argentina4.3%
27 China4.1%
27 Croatia4.1%
29 Lithuania3.7%
29 Slovenia3.7%
31 Czech Republic3.5%
32 Italy2.8%
33 Japan 2.7%
34 Turkiye2.6%
35 Republic of Korea2.4%
36 Chile2.3%
37 Spain2.1%
38 Bulgaria1.8%
39 Ukraine1.4%
40 Taiwan1.2%
41 Hungary0.9%

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 = 6.538370 X +5.942
Correlation coefficient (r)0.608
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.370

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data41
Regression equation
Y = 210123.820606 X +19177.073
Correlation coefficient (r)0.537
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.288

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = 22.382017 X +76.452
Correlation coefficient (r)0.267
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.071

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = 1.359120 X +1.523
Correlation coefficient (r)0.211
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.045

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = -1.653444 X +10.637
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.020
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000