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Question: These five diagrams show different types of society. Please read the descriptions and look at the diagrams and decide which you would prefer the country ought to be.
Type AType BType CType DType E
A small elite at the top, very few people in the middle and the great mass of people at the bottom.A society like a pyramid with a small elite at the top, more people in the middle, and most at the bottom.A pyramid except that just a few people are at the bottom.A society with most people in the middle.Many people near the top, and only a few near the bottom.

Data: % of Type A
Period:
Area:
20 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Chile2.6%
1 Italy2.6%
3 Czech Republic2.1%
4 France1.8%
5 United States1.6%
6 Slovenia1.3%
7 Lithuania1.1%
8 Switzerland0.9%
8 United Kingdom0.9%
10 Israel0.8%
11 Denmark0.7%
12 Japan0.6%
12 New Zealand0.6%
14 Germany0.4%
14 Iceland0.4%
14 Norway0.4%
17 Australia0.3%
17 Austria0.3%
17 Sweden0.3%
20 Finland 0.2%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 18 countries.

Source
ISSP 2019

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -34.939537 X +7.288
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.606
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.367

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -1559863.880247 X +67746.596
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.512
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.262

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -143.793679 X +82.671
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.416
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.173

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -3.648045 X +1.691
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.078
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -110.602822 X +11.547
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.238
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.057