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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 B
Period:
Area:
29 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Philippines16.2%
2 South Africa16.1%
3 Czech Republic12.2%
4 Italy10.3%
5 Chile9.5%
6 Japan9.1%
7 Suriname8.7%
8 United Kingdom8.0%
9 Switzerland7.3%
10 Thailand7.0%
11 France6.9%
12 Russian Federation6.7%
13 Israel5.9%
14 United States5.1%
15 Taiwan4.9%
16 Lithuania3.9%
16 Sweden3.9%
18 Austria3.8%
18 Denmark3.8%
18 Slovenia3.8%
21 Venezuela3.5%
22 Croatia3.3%
23 Australia3.2%
23 Germany3.2%
25 New Zealand3.1%
26 Bulgaria2.6%
27 Finland 2.2%
27 Norway2.2%
29 Iceland1.4%

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 = -8.332593 X +7.141
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.413
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.171

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -302636.313609 X +57558.771
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.452
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.204

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -59.661306 X +82.484
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.473
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.224

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = 3.897824 X +1.471
Correlation coefficient (r)0.393
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.154

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -5.175055 X +13.702
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.032
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001