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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 E
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden32.7%
2 Australia27.4%
3 Italy26.5%
4 United States24.7%
5 Germany22.3%
6 Japan 20.9%
7 France20.0%
8 United Kingdom18.1%

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 = 4.547153 X +5.742
Correlation coefficient (r)0.506
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.256

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 113443.721980 X +23995.049
Correlation coefficient (r)0.450
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.203

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 2.979238 X +81.008
Correlation coefficient (r)0.066
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.092525 X +1.570
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.024
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 13.234873 X +9.226
Correlation coefficient (r)0.183
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.033