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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 think best describes is the country today.
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 E
Period:
Area:
20 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Norway8.6%
2 Iceland6.6%
3 Chile5.7%
4 Switzerland5.1%
5 Denmark4.2%
6 Sweden3.3%
7 Japan 3.0%
8 United States2.8%
9 Italy2.7%
10 Czech Republic2.6%
11 Slovenia2.4%
12 Germany2.3%
12 Israel2.3%
12 United Kingdom2.3%
15 Finland2.2%
16 Austria1.9%
16 New Zealand1.9%
18 Lithuania1.8%
19 France1.6%
20 Australia1.2%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 18 countries.

Source
ISSP 2019

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 5.258421 X +6.854
Correlation coefficient (r)0.203
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.041

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 492994.294701 X +35721.784
Correlation coefficient (r)0.457
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.209

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 32.330030 X +80.297
Correlation coefficient (r)0.268
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.072

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -1.567860 X +1.672
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.089
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -45.785027 X +14.552
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.189
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.036