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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 A
Period:
Area:
29 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 South Africa10.1%
2 Philippines5.3%
3 Russian Federation3.4%
4 Chile2.6%
4 Italy2.6%
4 Suriname2.6%
7 Thailand2.4%
8 Czech Republic2.1%
9 Croatia2.0%
10 France1.8%
11 United States1.6%
11 Venezuela1.6%
13 Slovenia1.3%
14 Lithuania1.1%
15 Bulgaria0.9%
15 Switzerland0.9%
15 United Kingdom0.9%
18 Israel0.8%
19 Denmark0.7%
20 Japan0.6%
20 New Zealand0.6%
22 Germany0.4%
22 Iceland0.4%
22 Norway0.4%
25 Australia0.3%
25 Austria0.3%
25 Sweden0.3%
25 Taiwan0.3%
29 Finland 0.2%

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 = -23.486744 X +7.023
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.600
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.360

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -730660.643987 X +51223.704
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.560
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.314

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -193.464445 X +82.130
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.781
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.610

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = 8.703003 X +1.562
Correlation coefficient (r)0.447
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.200

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = 64.440080 X +12.273
Correlation coefficient (r)0.205
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.042