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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 1-3
Period:
Area:
21 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Latvia45.4%
2 Chile43.7%
3 Hungary40.5%
4 Poland34.7%
5 Slovakia33.5%
6 Portugal33.2%
7 Czech Republic27.6%
8 Japan 27.2%
9 Slovenia18.6%
10 United Kingdom18.5%
11 Spain14.8%
12 New Zealand14.4%
13 Israel13.3%
14 France13.0%
15 Germany11.9%
16 Sweden9.8%
17 Austria9.6%
18 United States9.5%
19 Canada8.6%
20 Australia8.2%
21 Norway7.8%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 17 countries.

Source
ISSP 1999

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -3.227672 X +7.412
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.846
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.716

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -131936.005350 X +69492.095
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.852
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.726

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -13.587037 X +83.309
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.643
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.413

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -0.380853 X +1.680
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.148
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 5.407449 X +11.591
Correlation coefficient (r)0.187
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.035