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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:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States16.3%
2 Israel14.9%
3 Canada14.4%
4 Norway13.7%
5 Australia13.5%
6 New Zealand13.0%
7 Cyprus12.6%
8 Sweden10.6%
9 Austria10.0%
10 Philippines7.8%
11 France7.5%
12 United Kingdom6.5%
13 Germany6.0%
14 Slovakia5.2%
15 Poland5.1%
16 Czech Republic3.6%
17 Slovenia3.5%
18 Japan3.3%
19 Spain3.0%
20 Chile2.4%
21 Russian Federation2.3%
22 Portugal 2.2%
23 Bulgaria2.1%
24 Latvia1.9%
25 Hungary1.2%

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 = 8.554319 X +5.947
Correlation coefficient (r)0.713
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.508

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 322354.422942 X +13739.313
Correlation coefficient (r)0.760
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.578

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 31.211135 X +77.184
Correlation coefficient (r)0.415
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.172

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 1.989023 X +1.473
Correlation coefficient (r)0.278
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.077

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -30.739877 X +14.565
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.299
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.089