Survey question from The 2022 Arab Opinion Index
Category: GOVERNANCE & POLITICAL SYSTEMS — State performance
Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following: Imposing government taxes is important as the purpose of taxation is spending on equipment to maintain security. 1: Strongly agree, 2: Somewhat agree, 3: Somewhat disagree, 4: Strongly disagree
Response scale: 1 to 4
Responses by country (mean, answer distribution):
Egypt: (2.08, {'2.0': '46.13%', '3.0': '17.24%', '4.0': '9.00%', '1.0': '27.63%'})
Iraq: (2.42, {'4.0': '22.81%', '3.0': '19.05%', '2.0': '35.09%', '1.0': '23.06%'})
Jordan: (2.69, {'2.0': '33.54%', '3.0': '17.22%', '4.0': '33.80%', '1.0': '15.44%'})
Lebanon: (2.39, {'1.0': '24.62%', '3.0': '20.15%', '2.0': '33.67%', '4.0': '21.56%'})
Libya: (1.92, {'3.0': '8.11%', '1.0': '43.82%', '2.0': '34.36%', '4.0': '13.71%'})
Morocco: (2.29, {'2.0': '36.93%', '3.0': '25.75%', '4.0': '13.65%', '1.0': '23.67%'})
Tunisia: (1.94, {'2.0': '26.56%', '1.0': '48.28%', '4.0': '17.15%', '3.0': '8.01%'})
Algeria: (2.63, {'4.0': '24.45%', '3.0': '28.63%', '2.0': '32.60%', '1.0': '14.32%'})
Saudi Arabia: (1.86, {'4.0': '10.66%', '2.0': '36.89%', '3.0': '8.32%', '1.0': '44.14%'})
Sudan: (2.07, {'1.0': '35.46%', '4.0': '14.54%', '2.0': '36.70%', '3.0': '13.30%'})
Palestine: (2.72, {'2.0': '39.02%', '4.0': '27.73%', '1.0': '8.34%', '3.0': '24.90%'})
Kuwait: (No data, {})
Mauritania: (1.96, {'1.0': '30.54%', '3.0': '14.69%', '4.0': '5.80%', '2.0': '48.97%'})
Qatar: (No data, {})