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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. If you think about the family that you grew up in, where did they fit in then?
Choices: Bottom 1 <---> 10
Data: % of 1-3
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea38.1%
2 France36.3%
3 Italy35.8%
4 Japan 24.6%
5 United Kingdom22.8%
6 Germany17.8%
7 United States15.7%
8 Australia15.3%
9 Sweden11.7%

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 = -3.789642 X +7.655
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.771
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.594

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -103831.713053 X +74634.552
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.846
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.716

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 7.185399 X +80.170
Correlation coefficient (r)0.349
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.122

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -1.506699 X +1.834
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.523
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.274

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 14.845164 X +10.614
Correlation coefficient (r)0.240
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.058