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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 A
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy2.6%
2 France1.8%
3 United States1.6%
4 United Kingdom0.9%
5 Japan 0.6%
6 Germany0.4%
7 Australia0.3%
7 Sweden0.3%

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 = -20.795088 X +7.058
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.414
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.171

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -573543.289506 X +57400.522
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.407
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.166

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -68.122054 X +82.449
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.269
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.072

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -4.361201 X +1.594
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.200
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.040

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -161.076656 X +14.124
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.399
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.159