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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:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Spain85.0%
2 Austria83.2%
3 Belgium81.3%
4 Switzerland80.8%
5 Australia80.6%
6 Sweden80.4%
7 Germany80.3%
8 Iceland80.2%
8 Slovenia80.2%
10 United States79.9%
11 Denmark79.6%
12 Czech Republic78.4%
13 New Zealand78.1%
14 Norway77.9%
15 Poland76.4%
16 Slovakia76.2%
17 United Kingdom76.1%
18 France75.6%
19 Japan73.7%
20 Estonia73.3%
21 Italy71.9%
22 Republic of Korea71.8%
23 Israel66.8%
24 Latvia65.2%
25 Hungary62.8%
26 Chile 62.7%
27 Lithuania60.9%
28 Turkiye58.9%
29 Portugal58.3%
30 Finland57.8%

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 8 countries.

Source
ISSP 2009

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 2.780719 X +4.634
Correlation coefficient (r)0.391
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.153

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 142424.940253 X -61790.182
Correlation coefficient (r)0.495
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.245

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 16.938293 X +67.675
Correlation coefficient (r)0.405
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.164

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -0.186030 X +1.727
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.044
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -1.624693 X +11.775
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.032
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001