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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:
21 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Latvia45.4%
2 Chile43.7%
3 Hungary40.5%
4 Poland34.7%
5 Slovakia33.5%
6 Portugal33.2%
7 Czech Republic27.6%
8 Japan 27.2%
9 Slovenia18.6%
10 United Kingdom18.5%
11 Spain14.8%
12 New Zealand14.4%
13 Israel13.3%
14 France13.0%
15 Germany11.9%
16 Sweden9.8%
17 Austria9.6%
18 United States9.5%
19 Canada8.6%
20 Australia8.2%
21 Norway7.8%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 17 countries.

Source
ISSP 1999

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -2.545912 X +7.208
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.774
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.599

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -140634.395237 X +71976.974
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.798
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.637

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -18.700384 X +84.066
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.698
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.487

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -0.534869 X +1.737
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.192
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.037

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 2.324638 X +9.590
Correlation coefficient (r)0.105
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011