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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 4-7
Period:
Area:
41 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Spain85.0%
2 Austria83.2%
3 Belgium81.3%
4 Switzerland80.8%
5 Australia80.6%
6 Cyprus80.4%
6 Sweden80.4%
8 Germany80.3%
9 Iceland80.2%
9 Slovenia80.2%
11 United States79.9%
12 Denmark79.6%
13 Argentina78.8%
14 Czech Republic78.4%
15 New Zealand78.1%
16 Norway77.9%
17 Poland76.4%
18 Slovakia76.2%
19 United Kingdom76.1%
20 France75.6%
21 Japan73.7%
22 Estonia73.3%
23 Croatia72.0%
24 Italy71.9%
25 Republic of Korea71.8%
26 Venezuela70.9%
27 Taiwan68.0%
28 Philippines66.9%
29 Israel66.8%
30 China66.1%
31 Russian Federation66.0%
32 Latvia65.2%
33 South Africa64.9%
34 Hungary62.8%
35 Chile62.7%
36 Bulgaria61.1%
37 Lithuania60.9%
38 Turkiye58.9%
39 Portugal58.3%
40 Finland 57.8%
41 Ukraine48.6%

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 = 5.077225 X +2.774
Correlation coefficient (r)0.562
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.316

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data41
Regression equation
Y = 152509.542255 X -75053.275
Correlation coefficient (r)0.563
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.317

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = 25.785756 X +60.162
Correlation coefficient (r)0.508
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.258

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = -0.395724 X +1.916
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.092
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = -11.160426 X +21.206
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.152
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.023