Survey question from WVS 7
Category: GOVERNANCE & POLITICAL SYSTEMS — POLITICAL CULTURE & POLITICAL REGIMES
Q246: Democracy: Civil rights protect people’s liberty against oppression
Question: Many things are desirable, but not all of them are essential characteristics of democracy. How essential do you think 'Civil rights protect people's liberty against oppression' 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: (7.99, {'10': '42.56%', '8': '11.78%', '6': '10.18%', '7': '9.95%', '5': '9.27%', '9': '8.70%', '4': '3.55%', '3': '2.40%', '1': '1.14%', '2': '0.46%'})
Iran: (8.36, {'10': '53.88%', '8': '11.29%', '5': '9.66%', '9': '8.03%', '7': '5.85%', '6': '5.65%', '1': '2.86%', '4': '1.16%', '2': '0.82%', '3': '0.82%'})
Iraq: (7.39, {'10': '22.75%', '8': '16.67%', '7': '13.92%', '6': '13.58%', '9': '13.42%', '5': '10.75%', '4': '3.67%', '1': '2.25%', '3': '1.75%', '2': '1.25%'})
Jordan: (6.91, {'10': '26.17%', '5': '14.46%', '7': '12.44%', '8': '12.35%', '6': '11.34%', '9': '7.41%', '1': '7.23%', '4': '4.67%', '3': '2.38%', '2': '1.56%'})
Lebanon: (6.75, {'8': '16.00%', '10': '15.67%', '7': '13.75%', '9': '13.33%', '6': '11.50%', '5': '10.58%', '3': '6.08%', '4': '5.25%', '2': '5.08%', '1': '2.75%'})
Libya: (7.37, {'10': '39.36%', '5': '11.91%', '8': '10.91%', '9': '8.91%', '1': '6.91%', '7': '6.64%', '6': '5.36%', '3': '4.00%', '4': '3.55%', '2': '2.45%'})
Morocco: (7.51, {'10': '36.33%', '8': '17.17%', '6': '9.75%', '7': '8.67%', '9': '7.50%', '5': '7.33%', '1': '6.17%', '3': '2.58%', '2': '2.50%', '4': '2.00%'})
Turkey: (6.83, {'10': '20.81%', '7': '14.25%', '5': '14.03%', '6': '13.99%', '8': '12.13%', '9': '9.37%', '4': '5.74%', '1': '5.22%', '3': '2.81%', '2': '1.64%'})
Tunisia: (7.52, {'10': '34.02%', '8': '12.92%', '7': '11.97%', '9': '11.28%', '5': '7.84%', '6': '7.75%', '3': '4.91%', '4': '3.88%', '1': '3.27%', '2': '2.15%'})