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Question: These five diagrams show different types of society. Please read the descriptions and look at the diagrams and decide which you would prefer the country ought to be.
Type AType BType CType DType E
A small elite at the top, very few people in the middle and the great mass of people at the bottom.A society like a pyramid with a small elite at the top, more people in the middle, and most at the bottom.A pyramid except that just a few people are at the bottom.A society with most people in the middle.Many people near the top, and only a few near the bottom.

Data: % of Type C
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 France19.7%
2 Japan 18.1%
3 Italy17.2%
4 United Kingdom16.8%
5 Germany15.4%
6 Australia12.3%
7 United States11.5%
8 Sweden9.7%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2019

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -9.129987 X +8.214
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.758
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.575

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -287763.266530 X +94722.908
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.852
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.726

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 21.166455 X +78.532
Correlation coefficient (r)0.348
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.121

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -1.124745 X +1.717
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.215
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.046

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -34.886511 X +17.676
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.360
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.130