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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 C
Period:
Area:
29 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Czech Republic29.5%
2 South Africa20.1%
3 France19.7%
4 Chile18.6%
5 Japan18.1%
6 Russian Federation17.9%
7 Italy17.2%
8 Venezuela17.1%
9 United Kingdom16.8%
10 Philippines16.6%
11 Germany15.4%
12 Austria13.7%
13 Taiwan13.4%
14 Suriname13.3%
15 Israel13.2%
16 Lithuania13.1%
16 Switzerland13.1%
18 Denmark12.7%
19 Bulgaria12.6%
20 Australia12.3%
21 United States11.5%
22 Slovenia10.7%
23 New Zealand10.6%
24 Sweden9.7%
25 Norway9.4%
26 Finland 9.2%
27 Iceland7.3%
28 Thailand7.1%
29 Croatia6.4%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 209 countries.

Source
ISSP 2019

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -5.146100 X +7.360
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.319
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.102

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -167602.063477 X +62485.662
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.310
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.096

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -26.777710 X +82.557
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.264
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.070

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = 1.514031 X +1.499
Correlation coefficient (r)0.189
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.036

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -5.625153 X +14.171
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.044
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002