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Question: These five diagrams show different types of society. Please read the descriptions and look at the diagrams and decide which you would prefer the country ought to be.
Type AType BType CType DType E
A small elite at the top, very few people in the middle and the great mass of people at the bottom.A society like a pyramid with a small elite at the top, more people in the middle, and most at the bottom.A pyramid except that just a few people are at the bottom.A society with most people in the middle.Many people near the top, and only a few near the bottom.

Data: % of Type B
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy10.3%
2 Japan 9.1%
3 United Kingdom8.0%
4 France6.9%
5 United States5.1%
6 Sweden3.9%
7 Australia3.2%
7 Germany3.2%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2019

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -12.579270 X +7.618
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.816
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.666

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -348812.016184 X +72976.572
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.807
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.651

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 20.407400 X +80.457
Correlation coefficient (r)0.262
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.069

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -3.831240 X +1.786
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.572
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.327

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -58.825043 X +16.067
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.475
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.226