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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 E
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden3.3%
2 Japan3.0%
3 United States2.8%
4 Italy2.7%
5 Germany2.3%
5 United Kingdom2.3%
7 France 1.6%
8 Australia1.2%

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 = -7.659091 X +6.882
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.137
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.019

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -268017.045455 X +56663.784
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.128
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -30.681818 X +82.474
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.086
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -14.090909 X +1.907
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.501
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.251

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 80.823864 X +7.998
Correlation coefficient (r)0.172
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.030