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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 8-10
Period:
Area:
21 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States16.3%
2 Israel14.9%
3 Canada14.4%
4 Norway13.7%
5 Australia13.5%
6 New Zealand13.0%
7 Sweden10.6%
8 Austria10.0%
9 France7.5%
10 United Kingdom6.5%
11 Germany6.0%
12 Slovakia5.2%
13 Poland5.1%
14 Czech Republic3.6%
15 Slovenia3.5%
16 Japan 3.3%
17 Spain3.0%
18 Chile2.4%
19 Portugal2.2%
20 Latvia1.9%
21 Hungary1.2%

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 = 7.892110 X +6.137
Correlation coefficient (r)0.819
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.671

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 329266.849880 X +16867.567
Correlation coefficient (r)0.842
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.709

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 20.414110 X +78.904
Correlation coefficient (r)0.383
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.147

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 2.393427 X +1.419
Correlation coefficient (r)0.369
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.136

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -16.063879 X +13.940
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.219
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.048