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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:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Australia80.6%
2 Sweden80.4%
3 Germany80.3%
4 United States79.9%
5 United Kingdom76.1%
6 France75.6%
7 Japan 73.7%
8 Italy71.9%
9 Republic of Korea71.8%

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 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2009

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 11.975756 X -2.449
Correlation coefficient (r)0.889
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.790

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 307871.126504 X -186664.487
Correlation coefficient (r)0.915
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.837

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -25.975210 X +101.834
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.461
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.213

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 5.489428 X -2.742
Correlation coefficient (r)0.695
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.483

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -35.709078 X +41.600
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.211
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.045