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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 A
Period:
Area:
20 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Chile2.6%
1 Italy2.6%
3 Czech Republic2.1%
4 France1.8%
5 United States1.6%
6 Slovenia1.3%
7 Lithuania1.1%
8 Switzerland0.9%
8 United Kingdom0.9%
10 Israel0.8%
11 Denmark0.7%
12 Japan 0.6%
12 New Zealand0.6%
14 Germany0.4%
14 Iceland0.4%
14 Norway0.4%
17 Australia0.3%
17 Austria0.3%
17 Sweden0.3%
20 Finland0.2%

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 = -39.904459 X +7.421
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.620
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.384

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -1505971.549664 X +66605.267
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.562
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.316

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -115.117904 X +82.485
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.384
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.147

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -0.846296 X +1.630
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.019
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -99.486000 X +14.065
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.166
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.028