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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 1-3
Period:
Area:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Bulgaria56.4%
2 Russian Federation51.2%
3 Latvia45.4%
4 Chile43.7%
5 Hungary40.5%
6 Poland34.7%
7 Slovakia33.5%
8 Portugal 33.2%
9 Czech Republic27.6%
10 Japan27.2%
11 Philippines24.9%
12 Slovenia18.6%
13 United Kingdom18.5%
14 Spain14.8%
15 New Zealand14.4%
16 Israel13.3%
17 France13.0%
18 Germany11.9%
19 Sweden9.8%
20 Austria9.6%
21 United States9.5%
22 Canada8.6%
23 Australia8.2%
24 Norway7.8%
25 Cyprus5.1%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 213 countries.

Source
ISSP 1999

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -3.196136 X +7.315
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.817
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.667

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -107399.781196 X +62260.973
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.776
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.602

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -17.108896 X +83.443
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.698
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.487

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -0.169839 X +1.657
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.073
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 10.250138 X +9.936
Correlation coefficient (r)0.305
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.093