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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 B
Period:
Area:
20 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Czech Republic12.2%
2 Italy10.3%
3 Chile9.5%
4 Japan9.1%
5 United Kingdom8.0%
6 Switzerland 7.3%
7 France6.9%
8 Israel5.9%
9 United States5.1%
10 Lithuania3.9%
10 Sweden3.9%
12 Austria3.8%
12 Denmark3.8%
12 Slovenia3.8%
15 Australia3.2%
15 Germany3.2%
17 New Zealand3.1%
18 Finland2.2%
18 Norway2.2%
20 Iceland1.4%

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 = -9.629368 X +7.465
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.668
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.446

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -372173.652627 X +72472.197
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.489
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.239

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -12.978546 X +81.946
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.150
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -0.619600 X +1.688
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.053
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -45.719652 X +12.934
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.394
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.155