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Question: In our society there are groups which tend to be towards the top and groups which tend to be towards the bottom. Where would you put yourself now on the scale?
Choices: Bottom 1 <---> 10
Data: % of 4-7
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Australia80.6%
2 Sweden80.4%
3 Germany80.3%
4 United States79.9%
5 United Kingdom76.1%
6 France 75.6%
7 Japan73.7%
8 Italy71.9%
9 Republic of Korea71.8%

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 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2009

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 9.902297 X -0.968
Correlation coefficient (r)0.856
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.733

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 348714.546117 X -219211.946
Correlation coefficient (r)0.854
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.729

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -27.916515 X +103.345
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.426
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.181

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 6.371673 X -3.403
Correlation coefficient (r)0.751
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.564

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -9.189756 X +18.233
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.070
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005