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Question: In your opinion, in the country, how much conflict is there between people at the top of society and people at the bottom?
Choices: "Very strong conflicts" "Strong conflicts" "Not very strong conflicts" "There are no conflicts"
Data: % of "Very strong conflicts" "Strong conflicts"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States72.0%
2 Sweden64.6%
3 United Kingdom64.0%
4 Australia57.3%
5 Canada52.3%
6 France 51.6%
7 Japan48.5%
8 Germany46.7%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: unweighted sum of Flanders and Wallony. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 1999

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 1.860778 X +5.707
Correlation coefficient (r)0.449
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.202

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 103272.658846 X -6144.131
Correlation coefficient (r)0.691
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.477

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -17.514675 X +91.718
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.625
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.391

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.624204 X +1.235
Correlation coefficient (r)0.338
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.114

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 11.148687 X +4.320
Correlation coefficient (r)0.409
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.167