Survey question from The 2022 Arab Opinion Index
Category: GOVERNANCE & POLITICAL SYSTEMS — Respondant country’s elected legislature and participation in public/political affairs.
Question: How often do you use social media applications to find out political news/information? 1: Several times a day, 2: Daily, 3: Several times a week, 4: Weekly, 5: Less than once a week, 6: Never
Response scale: 1 to 6
Responses by country (mean, answer distribution):
Egypt: (2.89, {'2.0': '34.57%', '1.0': '15.67%', '3.0': '21.16%', '6.0': '6.30%', '5.0': '13.57%', '4.0': '8.72%'})
Iraq: (3.34, {'6.0': '24.63%', '3.0': '8.66%', '2.0': '20.00%', '5.0': '8.81%', '4.0': '12.84%', '1.0': '25.07%'})
Jordan: (3.89, {'5.0': '9.87%', '1.0': '16.05%', '6.0': '38.14%', '3.0': '6.77%', '2.0': '21.06%', '4.0': '8.10%'})
Lebanon: (3.21, {'6.0': '26.51%', '2.0': '18.70%', '1.0': '30.49%', '5.0': '7.22%', '4.0': '6.77%', '3.0': '10.31%'})
Libya: (2.60, {'4.0': '9.19%', '1.0': '35.68%', '2.0': '27.03%', '5.0': '4.32%', '6.0': '13.51%', '3.0': '10.27%'})
Morocco: (3.60, {'3.0': '19.32%', '4.0': '14.92%', '6.0': '16.78%', '2.0': '21.36%', '5.0': '17.80%', '1.0': '9.83%'})
Tunisia: (3.50, {'1.0': '23.62%', '6.0': '35.43%', '2.0': '23.12%', '4.0': '9.30%', '3.0': '6.03%', '5.0': '2.51%'})
Algeria: (3.79, {'2.0': '32.14%', '4.0': '13.10%', '5.0': '11.90%', '6.0': '26.19%', '3.0': '14.29%', '1.0': '2.38%'})
Saudi Arabia: (4.01, {'1.0': '17.72%', '6.0': '42.90%', '4.0': '10.67%', '2.0': '12.75%', '3.0': '10.98%', '5.0': '4.97%'})
Sudan: (3.44, {'1.0': '25.64%', '3.0': '14.92%', '2.0': '11.19%', '4.0': '13.52%', '6.0': '23.54%', '5.0': '11.19%'})
Palestine: (2.79, {'1.0': '29.20%', '3.0': '14.31%', '6.0': '13.14%', '2.0': '27.30%', '4.0': '6.86%', '5.0': '9.20%'})
Kuwait: (2.87, {'6.0': '4.55%', '1.0': '17.16%', '5.0': '10.33%', '3.0': '26.27%', '4.0': '14.54%', '2.0': '27.15%'})
Mauritania: (3.15, {'2.0': '27.49%', '1.0': '20.14%', '4.0': '9.95%', '5.0': '8.29%', '3.0': '15.40%', '6.0': '18.72%'})
Qatar: (3.28, {'1.0': '24.20%', '2.0': '25.00%', '6.0': '26.33%', '3.0': '9.57%', '5.0': '7.71%', '4.0': '7.18%'})