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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 8-10
Period:
Area:
41 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Finland34.6%
2 Norway15.5%
3 Venezuela14.8%
4 Israel14.1%
4 New Zealand14.1%
6 Iceland13.0%
7 Australia12.3%
7 Sweden12.3%
7 Switzerland12.3%
10 Austria12.1%
10 Denmark12.1%
12 Cyprus11.5%
12 United States11.5%
14 Belgium11.4%
15 South Africa10.3%
16 Germany9.6%
17 Poland9.1%
18 United Kingdom7.6%
19 Estonia6.7%
20 Portugal6.1%
21 Philippines5.3%
22 Slovakia5.1%
23 France4.8%
23 Russian Federation4.8%
25 Latvia 4.4%
26 Argentina4.3%
27 China4.1%
27 Croatia4.1%
29 Lithuania3.7%
29 Slovenia3.7%
31 Czech Republic3.5%
32 Italy2.8%
33 Japan2.7%
34 Turkiye2.6%
35 Republic of Korea2.4%
36 Chile2.3%
37 Spain2.1%
38 Bulgaria1.8%
39 Ukraine1.4%
40 Taiwan1.2%
41 Hungary0.9%

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 = 7.102044 X +5.885
Correlation coefficient (r)0.568
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.323

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data41
Regression equation
Y = 202420.181476 X +19227.503
Correlation coefficient (r)0.540
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.292

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = 18.172879 X +77.349
Correlation coefficient (r)0.256
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.066

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = 0.750968 X +1.571
Correlation coefficient (r)0.125
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = -11.190249 X +14.032
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.109
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012