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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 4-7
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden77.6%
2 Australia73.8%
3 Japan 70.6%
4 Germany70.3%
5 United Kingdom70.0%
6 United States69.9%
7 Italy60.0%
8 France58.5%
9 Republic of Korea56.0%

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 = 4.691120 X +3.574
Correlation coefficient (r)0.697
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.486

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 119047.403727 X -30778.511
Correlation coefficient (r)0.709
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.503

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -4.010794 X +84.615
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.143
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 1.983507 X +0.132
Correlation coefficient (r)0.503
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.253

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -28.257887 X +33.260
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.334
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.112