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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:
20 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Czech Republic29.5%
2 France19.7%
3 Chile18.6%
4 Japan 18.1%
5 Italy17.2%
6 United Kingdom16.8%
7 Germany15.4%
8 Austria13.7%
9 Israel13.2%
10 Lithuania13.1%
10 Switzerland13.1%
12 Denmark12.7%
13 Australia12.3%
14 United States11.5%
15 Slovenia10.7%
16 New Zealand10.6%
17 Sweden9.7%
18 Norway9.4%
19 Finland9.2%
20 Iceland7.3%

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 = -5.158867 X +7.751
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.524
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.275

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -223371.506423 X +83093.895
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.545
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.297

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -11.093757 X +82.903
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.242
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.059

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 0.050718 X +1.614
Correlation coefficient (r)0.008
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -17.905310 X +15.598
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.195
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.038