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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 would prefer the country ought to be.
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 C
Period:
Area:
20 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Czech Republic29.5%
2 France19.7%
3 Chile18.6%
4 Japan18.1%
5 Italy17.2%
6 United Kingdom16.8%
7 Germany15.4%
8 Austria13.7%
9 Israel13.2%
10 Lithuania13.1%
10 Switzerland13.1%
12 Denmark12.7%
13 Australia12.3%
14 United States11.5%
15 Slovenia10.7%
16 New Zealand10.6%
17 Sweden 9.7%
18 Norway9.4%
19 Finland9.2%
20 Iceland7.3%

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 = -5.156953 X +7.667
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.584
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.341

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -254767.244691 X +88122.655
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.547
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.299

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -15.196772 X +83.381
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.288
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.083

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -0.080857 X +1.666
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.011
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -21.866196 X +13.528
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.308
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.095