Survey question from WVS 7
Category: GOVERNANCE & POLITICAL SYSTEMS — POLITICAL CULTURE & POLITICAL REGIMES
Q244: Democracy: People receive state aid for unemployment
Question: Many things are desirable, but not all of them are essential characteristics of democracy. How essential do you think 'People receive state aid for unemployment' 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: (6.16, {'10': '18.90%', '8': '15.76%', '1': '11.40%', '5': '11.40%', '7': '10.16%', '6': '8.64%', '9': '6.36%', '3': '6.36%', '4': '5.79%', '2': '5.22%'})
Iran: (7.76, {'10': '43.92%', '8': '13.85%', '5': '13.04%', '7': '8.31%', '9': '6.01%', '1': '5.54%', '6': '4.59%', '4': '2.36%', '3': '1.42%', '2': '0.95%'})
Iraq: (7.72, {'10': '31.58%', '9': '18.25%', '8': '13.58%', '6': '9.83%', '7': '8.33%', '5': '8.25%', '1': '3.83%', '4': '3.00%', '3': '1.83%', '2': '1.50%'})
Jordan: (6.45, {'10': '29.64%', '1': '14.23%', '5': '11.94%', '7': '8.89%', '9': '7.96%', '8': '7.45%', '6': '6.44%', '4': '5.67%', '3': '3.90%', '2': '3.90%'})
Lebanon: (6.63, {'8': '19.25%', '7': '17.17%', '10': '12.67%', '9': '11.17%', '6': '10.42%', '5': '9.17%', '2': '6.08%', '4': '5.50%', '3': '5.25%', '1': '3.33%'})
Libya: (7.48, {'10': '45.72%', '5': '9.11%', '9': '8.36%', '1': '7.90%', '8': '7.71%', '6': '5.39%', '4': '5.20%', '7': '4.55%', '3': '3.53%', '2': '2.51%'})
Morocco: (7.89, {'10': '39.83%', '9': '15.25%', '8': '12.67%', '6': '9.17%', '7': '8.33%', '1': '6.58%', '5': '3.25%', '4': '2.33%', '3': '1.75%', '2': '0.83%'})
Turkey: (7.22, {'10': '24.93%', '7': '14.90%', '8': '13.36%', '5': '12.68%', '6': '11.78%', '9': '10.19%', '4': '5.44%', '3': '3.00%', '1': '2.57%', '2': '1.16%'})
Tunisia: (7.54, {'10': '37.89%', '8': '11.23%', '9': '10.23%', '7': '9.97%', '6': '9.97%', '5': '5.95%', '1': '5.20%', '3': '4.61%', '2': '2.51%', '4': '2.43%'})