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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 8-10
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States14.4%
2 Germany11.8%
3 Australia10.8%
4 Sweden10.7%
5 United Kingdom7.2%
6 Republic of Korea5.9%
7 France 5.2%
8 Japan4.8%
9 Italy4.1%

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 = 7.652581 X +5.990
Correlation coefficient (r)0.656
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.430

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 373216.013671 X +17192.245
Correlation coefficient (r)0.907
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.823

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -43.856416 X +85.583
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.663
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.440

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 4.154434 X +1.139
Correlation coefficient (r)0.486
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.236

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 21.993782 X +9.354
Correlation coefficient (r)0.166
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.028