Survey question from The 2022 Arab Opinion Index
Category: GOVERNANCE & POLITICAL SYSTEMS — Respondant country’s elected legislature and participation in public/political affairs.
Question: Although social media allows people to express their opinions on public matters, it has become a source of rumor and fake news. 1: Strongly agree, 2: Somewhat agree, 3: Somewhat disagree, 4: Strongly disagree
Response scale: 1 to 4
Responses by country (mean, answer distribution):
Egypt: (1.65, {'3.0': '8.53%', '1.0': '48.31%', '2.0': '40.58%', '4.0': '2.58%'})
Iraq: (1.85, {'2.0': '40.06%', '3.0': '10.01%', '1.0': '41.55%', '4.0': '8.37%'})
Jordan: (1.55, {'1.0': '53.21%', '2.0': '40.52%', '3.0': '4.52%', '4.0': '1.75%'})
Lebanon: (1.66, {'4.0': '3.12%', '1.0': '48.52%', '2.0': '39.91%', '3.0': '8.46%'})
Libya: (1.61, {'1.0': '54.45%', '2.0': '34.82%', '3.0': '5.76%', '4.0': '4.97%'})
Morocco: (2.14, {'1.0': '28.25%', '3.0': '22.26%', '2.0': '39.73%', '4.0': '9.76%'})
Tunisia: (1.53, {'1.0': '66.92%', '3.0': '3.79%', '2.0': '21.46%', '4.0': '7.83%'})
Algeria: (1.32, {'1.0': '71.43%', '2.0': '25.00%', '3.0': '3.57%'})
Saudi Arabia: (1.87, {'1.0': '35.20%', '4.0': '4.08%', '2.0': '46.43%', '3.0': '14.29%'})
Sudan: (1.80, {'1.0': '42.76%', '4.0': '6.24%', '2.0': '40.31%', '3.0': '10.69%'})
Palestine: (1.72, {'3.0': '7.24%', '1.0': '38.40%', '2.0': '52.73%', '4.0': '1.62%'})
Kuwait: (2.14, {'2.0': '33.27%', '1.0': '31.00%', '3.0': '26.27%', '4.0': '9.46%'})
Mauritania: (1.95, {'2.0': '62.53%', '1.0': '22.25%', '3.0': '13.35%', '4.0': '1.87%'})
Qatar: (1.49, {'2.0': '42.82%', '3.0': '1.83%', '1.0': '54.57%', '4.0': '0.78%'})