Survey question from The 2022 Arab Opinion Index
Category: GOVERNANCE & POLITICAL SYSTEMS — Populism
Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree with the statement: For the sake of national development the government/authorities might have to restrict the opinions of the parties opposing it. 1: Strongly agree, 2: Somewhat agree, 3: Somewhat disagree, 4: Completely disagree
Response scale: 1 to 4
Responses by country (mean, answer distribution):
Egypt: (2.71, {'4.0': '30.38%', '3.0': '23.16%', '2.0': '33.42%', '1.0': '13.04%'})
Iraq: (2.12, {'1.0': '36.03%', '3.0': '16.71%', '4.0': '15.84%', '2.0': '31.42%'})
Jordan: (2.21, {'1.0': '28.95%', '4.0': '17.45%', '2.0': '38.64%', '3.0': '14.96%'})
Lebanon: (2.35, {'4.0': '23.70%', '3.0': '17.71%', '2.0': '28.50%', '1.0': '30.09%'})
Libya: (2.13, {'3.0': '12.72%', '4.0': '17.89%', '2.0': '33.60%', '1.0': '35.79%'})
Morocco: (2.83, {'4.0': '28.55%', '3.0': '36.48%', '1.0': '10.25%', '2.0': '24.73%'})
Tunisia: (2.41, {'4.0': '30.98%', '1.0': '32.85%', '2.0': '24.47%', '3.0': '11.70%'})
Algeria: (3.66, {'4.0': '68.60%', '3.0': '29.03%', '1.0': '0.22%', '2.0': '2.15%'})
Saudi Arabia: (2.17, {'1.0': '20.22%', '4.0': '5.62%', '2.0': '47.94%', '3.0': '26.22%'})
Sudan: (2.29, {'4.0': '16.25%', '1.0': '26.59%', '3.0': '22.75%', '2.0': '34.42%'})
Palestine: (2.68, {'4.0': '22.37%', '2.0': '38.42%', '3.0': '31.18%', '1.0': '8.03%'})
Kuwait: (2.34, {'1.0': '17.24%', '4.0': '11.90%', '2.0': '43.62%', '3.0': '27.24%'})
Mauritania: (2.84, {'3.0': '30.67%', '4.0': '30.16%', '1.0': '7.22%', '2.0': '31.94%'})
Qatar: (2.18, {'2.0': '48.60%', '3.0': '22.75%', '1.0': '20.79%', '4.0': '7.87%'})