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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:
29 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Finland 64.3%
2 Switzerland60.6%
3 Thailand59.2%
4 Norway58.9%
5 Germany58.6%
6 New Zealand57.5%
7 United States57.1%
8 Australia56.8%
9 Austria56.5%
10 Denmark56.2%
10 United Kingdom56.2%
12 Croatia53.9%
13 Sweden53.4%
14 Bulgaria51.9%
15 France51.6%
16 Iceland51.5%
17 Japan51.2%
18 Slovenia49.8%
19 Taiwan49.5%
20 Lithuania48.4%
21 Russian Federation43.7%
22 Italy43.5%
23 Israel42.6%
24 Chile41.0%
25 Czech Republic40.8%
26 Venezuela39.7%
27 Philippines36.7%
28 Suriname33.3%
29 South Africa27.3%

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 = 5.886013 X +3.656
Correlation coefficient (r)0.632
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.399

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 196869.425692 X -59546.085
Correlation coefficient (r)0.677
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.458

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = 37.763326 X +59.889
Correlation coefficient (r)0.691
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.477

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -2.868456 X +3.148
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.667
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.445

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -7.610775 X +17.194
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.110
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012