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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:
21 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Spain82.2%
2 Germany82.1%
3 Austria80.5%
4 Sweden79.6%
5 France79.5%
6 Norway78.6%
7 Australia78.3%
8 Slovenia77.9%
9 Canada77.0%
10 United Kingdom75.1%
11 United States74.2%
12 New Zealand72.6%
13 Israel71.8%
14 Japan 69.6%
15 Czech Republic68.8%
16 Portugal64.6%
17 Slovakia61.4%
18 Poland60.2%
19 Hungary58.3%
20 Chile53.9%
21 Latvia52.7%

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 = 2.796819 X +4.674
Correlation coefficient (r)0.625
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.391

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 152477.446831 X -66576.355
Correlation coefficient (r)0.636
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.404

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 26.957976 X +60.873
Correlation coefficient (r)0.740
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.548

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 0.158951 X +1.511
Correlation coefficient (r)0.042
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -4.866032 X +13.554
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.161
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.026