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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 A
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy2.6%
2 France 1.8%
3 United States1.6%
4 United Kingdom0.9%
5 Japan0.6%
6 Germany0.4%
7 Australia0.3%
7 Sweden0.3%

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 = -22.219548 X +6.934
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.475
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.226

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -455203.919623 X +55067.917
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.260
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.068

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -73.207641 X +82.515
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.246
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.061

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -6.100223 X +1.634
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.260
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.068

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -172.557678 X +11.771
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.440
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.194