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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 D
Period:
Area:
20 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Finland64.3%
2 Switzerland60.6%
3 Norway58.9%
4 Germany58.6%
5 New Zealand57.5%
6 United States57.1%
7 Australia56.8%
8 Austria56.5%
9 Denmark56.2%
9 United Kingdom56.2%
11 Sweden53.4%
12 France51.6%
13 Iceland51.5%
14 Japan 51.2%
15 Slovenia49.8%
16 Lithuania48.4%
17 Italy43.5%
18 Israel42.6%
19 Chile41.0%
20 Czech Republic40.8%

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 = 4.257577 X +4.775
Correlation coefficient (r)0.585
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.342

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 209109.243528 X -58841.108
Correlation coefficient (r)0.690
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.476

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 8.536131 X +76.831
Correlation coefficient (r)0.252
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.064

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -1.853125 X +2.600
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.376
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.141

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 14.225633 X +5.560
Correlation coefficient (r)0.209
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.044