Survey question from WVS 7
Category: GOVERNANCE & POLITICAL SYSTEMS — POLITICAL CULTURE & POLITICAL REGIMES
Q241: Democracy: Governments tax the rich and subsidize the poor
Question: Many things are desirable, but not all of them are essential characteristics of democracy. How essential do you think 'Governments tax the rich and subsidize the poor' is as a characteristic of democracy? Please use this scale, with '1' meaning 'not at all an essential characteristic of democracy' and '10' meaning 'definitely an essential characteristic of democracy'. Provide a number only.
Response scale: 1 to 10
Responses by country (mean, answer distribution):
Egypt: (8.03, {'10': '44.59%', '8': '12.05%', '9': '10.53%', '7': '9.68%', '6': '7.59%', '5': '5.41%', '1': '3.04%', '3': '2.94%', '4': '2.66%', '2': '1.52%'})
Iran: (7.83, {'10': '48.71%', '8': '12.38%', '5': '12.31%', '7': '7.37%', '1': '6.77%', '9': '4.74%', '6': '3.32%', '4': '2.17%', '2': '1.22%', '3': '1.01%'})
Iraq: (7.25, {'10': '27.83%', '9': '14.58%', '8': '13.33%', '6': '10.50%', '7': '9.42%', '5': '8.58%', '1': '5.33%', '2': '3.50%', '3': '3.50%', '4': '3.42%'})
Jordan: (7.19, {'10': '38.78%', '1': '10.67%', '5': '9.99%', '8': '9.23%', '9': '8.89%', '6': '6.94%', '7': '6.94%', '4': '3.05%', '3': '2.79%', '2': '2.71%'})
Lebanon: (7.06, {'8': '20.23%', '10': '17.56%', '9': '14.80%', '7': '13.21%', '6': '9.28%', '5': '8.53%', '4': '5.02%', '2': '4.68%', '3': '4.26%', '1': '2.42%'})
Libya: (6.91, {'10': '36.23%', '1': '13.26%', '5': '12.14%', '9': '9.62%', '8': '8.12%', '7': '6.72%', '6': '4.39%', '4': '3.45%', '3': '3.45%', '2': '2.61%'})
Morocco: (7.32, {'10': '41.83%', '1': '11.83%', '9': '10.08%', '8': '8.92%', '6': '6.83%', '7': '6.42%', '5': '5.67%', '3': '4.67%', '4': '2.08%', '2': '1.67%'})
Turkey: (5.84, {'6': '14.55%', '1': '14.38%', '5': '14.17%', '10': '13.66%', '7': '13.23%', '8': '10.92%', '4': '7.11%', '9': '5.39%', '3': '4.41%', '2': '2.18%'})
Tunisia: (7.53, {'10': '38.26%', '9': '12.67%', '8': '10.15%', '7': '9.14%', '5': '7.21%', '1': '6.96%', '6': '6.80%', '3': '4.61%', '4': '2.60%', '2': '1.59%'})