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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:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Australia12.3%
1 Sweden12.3%
3 United States11.5%
4 Germany9.6%
5 United Kingdom7.6%
6 France4.8%
7 Italy2.8%
8 Japan 2.7%
9 Republic of Korea2.4%

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 = 10.778039 X +5.946
Correlation coefficient (r)0.918
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.843

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 277479.886646 X +29124.142
Correlation coefficient (r)0.947
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.897

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -24.359506 X +83.697
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.496
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.246

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 4.284859 X +1.155
Correlation coefficient (r)0.623
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.388

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -31.209105 X +16.500
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.212
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.045