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Question: These five diagrams show different types of society. Please read the descriptions and look at the diagrams and decide which you think best describes is the country today.
Type AType BType CType DType E
A small elite at the top, very few people in the middle and the great mass of people at the bottom.A society like a pyramid with a small elite at the top, more people in the middle, and most at the bottom.A pyramid except that just a few people are at the bottom.A society with most people in the middle.Many people near the top, and only a few near the bottom.

Data: % of Type B
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 France 51.3%
2 United Kingdom42.2%
3 Italy40.5%
4 United States39.1%
5 Japan35.3%
6 Germany30.8%
7 Australia30.2%
8 Sweden23.2%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2019

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -2.412578 X +7.581
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.526
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.277

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -54037.012511 X +69995.412
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.315
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.099

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -6.706463 X +84.190
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.230
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.053

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.164601 X +1.509
Correlation coefficient (r)0.072
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -12.597021 X +14.545
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.328
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.108