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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. If you think about the family that you grew up in, where did they fit in then?
Choices: Bottom 1 <---> 10
Data: % of 1-3
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea38.1%
2 France 36.3%
3 Italy35.8%
4 Japan24.6%
5 United Kingdom22.8%
6 Germany17.8%
7 United States15.7%
8 Australia15.3%
9 Sweden11.7%

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 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2009

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -3.182053 X +7.398
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.754
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.569

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -114708.195953 X +76049.731
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.771
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.594

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 7.937355 X +80.010
Correlation coefficient (r)0.332
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.110

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -1.749701 X +1.908
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.565
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.319

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 2.668331 X +10.538
Correlation coefficient (r)0.056
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003