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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 would prefer the country ought to be.
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 C
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 France 19.7%
2 Japan18.1%
3 Italy17.2%
4 United Kingdom16.8%
5 Germany15.4%
6 Australia12.3%
7 United States11.5%
8 Sweden9.7%

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 = -8.692345 X +8.010
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.774
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.599

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -336932.092505 X +101066.004
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.802
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.643

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 20.676504 X +78.618
Correlation coefficient (r)0.290
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.084

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -1.746254 X +1.832
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.310
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.096

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -51.606554 X +17.724
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.548
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.300