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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 think best describes is the country today.
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 E
Period:
Area:
20 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Norway8.6%
2 Iceland6.6%
3 Chile5.7%
4 Switzerland5.1%
5 Denmark4.2%
6 Sweden3.3%
7 Japan 3.0%
8 United States2.8%
9 Italy2.7%
10 Czech Republic2.6%
11 Slovenia2.4%
12 Germany2.3%
12 Israel2.3%
12 United Kingdom2.3%
15 Finland2.2%
16 Austria1.9%
16 New Zealand1.9%
18 Lithuania1.8%
19 France1.6%
20 Australia1.2%

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 = 5.571152 X +6.761
Correlation coefficient (r)0.240
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.058

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 657013.531800 X +31037.264
Correlation coefficient (r)0.536
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.287

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 31.174341 X +80.235
Correlation coefficient (r)0.224
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.050

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -1.242366 X +1.695
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.066
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -26.619610 X +11.305
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.142
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020