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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 1-3
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea25.8%
2 Italy25.3%
3 Japan 23.5%
4 France19.6%
5 United Kingdom16.3%
6 Germany10.1%
7 United States8.6%
8 Sweden7.3%
9 Australia7.1%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: unweighted sum of Flanders and Wallony. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2009

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -5.775690 X +7.658
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.911
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.830

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -148754.237060 X +73207.232
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.940
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.884

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 12.789990 X +79.870
Correlation coefficient (r)0.482
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.232

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -2.460182 X +1.861
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.662
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.438

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 16.971078 X +11.503
Correlation coefficient (r)0.213
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.045