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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 1-3
Period:
Area:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Turkiye38.5%
2 Hungary36.3%
3 Portugal35.6%
4 Lithuania35.4%
5 Chile35.0%
6 Latvia30.3%
7 Republic of Korea25.8%
8 Italy25.3%
9 Japan23.5%
10 Estonia19.9%
11 France19.6%
12 Israel19.2%
13 Slovakia18.8%
14 Czech Republic18.1%
15 United Kingdom16.3%
16 Slovenia16.1%
17 Poland14.5%
18 Spain12.9%
19 Germany10.1%
20 United States8.6%
21 Denmark8.3%
22 New Zealand7.8%
23 Finland 7.5%
24 Belgium7.4%
25 Sweden7.3%
26 Australia7.1%
27 Switzerland6.9%
28 Iceland6.8%
29 Norway6.6%
30 Austria4.7%

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 8 countries.

Source
ISSP 2009

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -4.087916 X +7.409
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.757
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.573

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -162712.842269 X +72090.450
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.745
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.555

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -16.265439 X +83.051
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.512
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.262

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -0.329967 X +1.648
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.103
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -0.352107 X +10.638
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.009
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000