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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 8-10
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States14.4%
2 Germany11.8%
3 Australia10.8%
4 Sweden10.7%
5 United Kingdom7.2%
6 Republic of Korea5.9%
7 France5.2%
8 Japan 4.8%
9 Italy4.1%

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 = 9.773527 X +5.923
Correlation coefficient (r)0.719
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.517

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 307519.208993 X +23880.235
Correlation coefficient (r)0.907
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.823

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -38.608429 X +85.124
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.679
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.461

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 3.424471 X +1.184
Correlation coefficient (r)0.430
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.185

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 2.916349 X +13.968
Correlation coefficient (r)0.017
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000