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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 D
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany58.6%
2 United States57.1%
3 Australia56.8%
4 United Kingdom56.2%
5 Sweden53.4%
6 France51.6%
7 Japan 51.2%
8 Italy43.5%

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 = 5.199500 X +4.052
Correlation coefficient (r)0.594
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.353

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 173706.125030 X -41713.005
Correlation coefficient (r)0.708
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.501

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -18.567815 X +91.668
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.420
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.176

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 2.041074 X +0.455
Correlation coefficient (r)0.537
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.288

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 29.164659 X -3.205
Correlation coefficient (r)0.415
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.172