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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 B
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy10.3%
2 Japan9.1%
3 United Kingdom8.0%
4 France 6.9%
5 United States5.1%
6 Sweden3.9%
7 Australia3.2%
7 Germany3.2%

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 = -11.243738 X +7.397
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.782
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.612

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -392044.598798 X +74587.146
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.729
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.531

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 20.666994 X +80.454
Correlation coefficient (r)0.227
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.052

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -5.013915 X +1.880
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.695
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.483

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -59.080428 X +13.608
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.491
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.241