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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. Where would you put yourself now on the scale?
Choices: Bottom 1 <---> 10
Data: % of 1-3
Period:
Area:
41 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Ukraine50.1%
2 Turkiye38.5%
3 Bulgaria37.1%
4 Hungary36.3%
5 Portugal35.6%
6 Lithuania35.4%
7 Chile 35.0%
8 Taiwan30.9%
9 Latvia30.3%
10 China29.8%
11 Russian Federation29.2%
12 Philippines27.8%
13 Republic of Korea25.8%
14 Italy25.3%
15 South Africa24.9%
16 Croatia23.8%
17 Japan23.5%
18 Estonia19.9%
19 France19.6%
20 Israel19.2%
21 Slovakia18.8%
22 Czech Republic18.1%
23 Argentina16.9%
24 United Kingdom16.3%
25 Slovenia16.1%
26 Poland14.5%
27 Venezuela14.3%
28 Spain12.9%
29 Germany10.1%
30 United States8.6%
31 Denmark8.3%
32 Cyprus8.1%
33 New Zealand7.8%
34 Finland7.5%
35 Belgium7.4%
36 Sweden7.3%
37 Australia7.1%
38 Switzerland6.9%
39 Iceland6.8%
40 Norway6.6%
41 Austria4.7%

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 197 countries.

Source
ISSP 2009

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data41
Regression equation
Y = -4.947826 X +7.430
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.730
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.533

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data41
Regression equation
Y = -145369.425197 X +64160.579
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.716
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.513

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = -20.113022 X +82.776
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.524
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.275

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = 0.011550 X +1.628
Correlation coefficient (r)0.004
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = 9.655721 X +11.230
Correlation coefficient (r)0.173
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.030