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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 8-10
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Australia12.3%
1 Sweden12.3%
3 United States11.5%
4 Germany9.6%
5 United Kingdom7.6%
6 France 4.8%
7 Italy2.8%
8 Japan2.7%
9 Republic of Korea2.4%

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 = 9.123261 X +5.958
Correlation coefficient (r)0.905
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.819

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 320098.124597 X +24778.249
Correlation coefficient (r)0.901
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.812

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -25.628974 X +83.813
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.449
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.202

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 5.066123 X +1.113
Correlation coefficient (r)0.686
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.471

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -4.718229 X +11.530
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.041
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002