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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:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Spain85.0%
2 Austria83.2%
3 Belgium81.3%
4 Switzerland80.8%
5 Australia80.6%
6 Sweden80.4%
7 Germany80.3%
8 Iceland80.2%
8 Slovenia80.2%
10 United States79.9%
11 Denmark79.6%
12 Czech Republic78.4%
13 New Zealand78.1%
14 Norway77.9%
15 Poland76.4%
16 Slovakia76.2%
17 United Kingdom76.1%
18 France75.6%
19 Japan 73.7%
20 Estonia73.3%
21 Italy71.9%
22 Republic of Korea71.8%
23 Israel66.8%
24 Latvia65.2%
25 Hungary62.8%
26 Chile62.7%
27 Lithuania60.9%
28 Turkiye58.9%
29 Portugal58.3%
30 Finland57.8%

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

No data for 8 countries.

Source
ISSP 2009

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 3.823514 X +3.897
Correlation coefficient (r)0.470
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.221

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 138624.598485 X -59363.016
Correlation coefficient (r)0.522
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.272

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 11.871699 X +71.737
Correlation coefficient (r)0.356
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.127

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -0.533995 X +1.965
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.134
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -1.563042 X +14.654
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.023
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001