Survey question from WVS 7
Category: SOCIAL & CULTURAL IDENTITY — ETHICAL VALUES AND NORMS
Q198: Government has the right: Collect information about anyone living in [COUNTRY] without their knowledge
Question: Do you think that your country's government should or should not have the right to collect information about anyone living in your country without their knowledge? Please indicate your view, with '1' being 'definitely should have the right' and '4' being 'definitely should not have the right'. Provide a number only.
Response scale: 1 to 4
Responses by country (mean, answer distribution):
Iran: (2.51, {'2': '33.56%', '4': '25.02%', '3': '21.25%', '1': '20.17%'})
Iraq: (2.0, {'1': '47.20%', '2': '21.65%', '4': '16.38%', '3': '14.77%'})
Jordan: (2.18, {'1': '36.49%', '2': '29.28%', '4': '20.13%', '3': '14.09%'})
Lebanon: (2.52, {'2': '37.94%', '4': '25.29%', '3': '19.01%', '1': '17.76%'})
Libya: (2.24, {'1': '36.92%', '2': '26.16%', '4': '23.88%', '3': '13.04%'})
Morocco: (3.15, {'4': '47.25%', '3': '25.75%', '2': '22.08%', '1': '4.92%'})
Turkey: (3.21, {'4': '46.02%', '3': '34.50%', '2': '13.64%', '1': '5.84%'})
Tunisia: (2.54, {'4': '29.20%', '1': '26.71%', '3': '22.26%', '2': '21.83%'})