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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 4-7
Period:
Area:
21 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Spain82.2%
2 Germany82.1%
3 Austria80.5%
4 Sweden79.6%
5 France79.5%
6 Norway78.6%
7 Australia78.3%
8 Slovenia77.9%
9 Canada77.0%
10 United Kingdom75.1%
11 United States74.2%
12 New Zealand72.6%
13 Israel71.8%
14 Japan 69.6%
15 Czech Republic68.8%
16 Portugal64.6%
17 Slovakia61.4%
18 Poland60.2%
19 Hungary58.3%
20 Chile53.9%
21 Latvia52.7%

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 = 3.686596 X +4.099
Correlation coefficient (r)0.710
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.504

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 148941.093853 X -64698.860
Correlation coefficient (r)0.707
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.500

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 19.259184 X +66.692
Correlation coefficient (r)0.670
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.449

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 0.006707 X +1.594
Correlation coefficient (r)0.002
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -5.359744 X +16.559
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.136
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018