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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:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Cyprus82.3%
2 Spain82.2%
3 Germany82.1%
4 Austria80.5%
5 Sweden79.6%
6 France79.5%
7 Norway78.6%
8 Australia78.3%
9 Slovenia77.9%
10 Canada77.0%
11 United Kingdom75.1%
12 United States74.2%
13 New Zealand72.6%
14 Israel71.8%
15 Japan69.6%
16 Czech Republic68.8%
17 Philippines67.3%
18 Portugal 64.6%
19 Slovakia61.4%
20 Poland60.2%
21 Hungary58.3%
22 Chile53.9%
23 Latvia52.7%
24 Russian Federation46.4%
25 Bulgaria41.5%

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 = 3.838637 X +3.906
Correlation coefficient (r)0.758
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.575

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 122819.292676 X -48021.288
Correlation coefficient (r)0.686
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.471

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 23.164754 X +63.375
Correlation coefficient (r)0.730
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.533

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -0.071586 X +1.668
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.024
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -11.738996 X +20.473
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.270
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.073