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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 8-10
Period:
Area:
21 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States16.3%
2 Israel14.9%
3 Canada14.4%
4 Norway13.7%
5 Australia13.5%
6 New Zealand13.0%
7 Sweden10.6%
8 Austria10.0%
9 France7.5%
10 United Kingdom6.5%
11 Germany6.0%
12 Slovakia5.2%
13 Poland5.1%
14 Czech Republic3.6%
15 Slovenia3.5%
16 Japan 3.3%
17 Spain3.0%
18 Chile2.4%
19 Portugal2.2%
20 Latvia1.9%
21 Hungary1.2%

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 = 6.602217 X +6.174
Correlation coefficient (r)0.795
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.632

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 372658.308864 X +14253.628
Correlation coefficient (r)0.837
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.701

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 26.491295 X +78.124
Correlation coefficient (r)0.392
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.154

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 2.851553 X +1.410
Correlation coefficient (r)0.406
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.165

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 1.898920 X +9.938
Correlation coefficient (r)0.034
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001