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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 4-7
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden77.6%
2 Australia73.8%
3 Japan70.6%
4 Germany70.3%
5 United Kingdom70.0%
6 United States69.9%
7 Italy60.0%
8 France 58.5%
9 Republic of Korea56.0%

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 = 4.078400 X +3.878
Correlation coefficient (r)0.706
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.498

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 123283.655713 X -34854.771
Correlation coefficient (r)0.605
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.366

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -4.145210 X +84.728
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.127
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 2.256651 X -0.037
Correlation coefficient (r)0.533
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.284

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -10.163998 X +18.036
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.155
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.024