Survey question from WVS 7
Category: GOVERNANCE & POLITICAL SYSTEMS — POLITICAL CULTURE & POLITICAL REGIMES
Q248: Democracy: People obey their rulers
Question: Many things are desirable, but not all of them are essential characteristics of democracy. How essential do you think 'People obey their rulers' 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: (6.37, {'5': '18.72%', '10': '18.22%', '6': '12.61%', '8': '12.41%', '7': '10.81%', '3': '6.81%', '9': '6.21%', '1': '5.61%', '4': '5.51%', '2': '3.10%'})
Iran: (6.21, {'5': '25.14%', '10': '23.00%', '8': '13.02%', '1': '11.64%', '7': '8.13%', '6': '5.17%', '2': '4.20%', '4': '3.58%', '9': '3.37%', '3': '2.75%'})
Iraq: (6.43, {'10': '16.58%', '5': '15.25%', '6': '13.42%', '9': '11.25%', '8': '11.25%', '7': '10.50%', '4': '6.50%', '1': '6.25%', '3': '5.83%', '2': '3.17%'})
Jordan: (7.4, {'10': '35.02%', '5': '13.05%', '7': '11.95%', '8': '11.70%', '6': '8.59%', '9': '7.58%', '1': '5.30%', '4': '3.54%', '3': '1.77%', '2': '1.52%'})
Lebanon: (4.98, {'5': '20.51%', '4': '12.31%', '6': '11.88%', '7': '10.94%', '3': '10.60%', '8': '9.32%', '1': '8.89%', '2': '8.55%', '9': '4.44%', '10': '2.56%'})
Libya: (7.86, {'10': '45.97%', '9': '11.15%', '8': '10.34%', '5': '9.97%', '7': '6.17%', '1': '4.99%', '6': '3.45%', '3': '3.08%', '4': '2.99%', '2': '1.90%'})
Morocco: (6.17, {'10': '24.42%', '6': '14.25%', '1': '12.17%', '8': '9.33%', '7': '9.00%', '5': '7.58%', '4': '7.08%', '3': '5.92%', '2': '5.58%', '9': '4.67%'})
Turkey: (7.76, {'10': '37.82%', '8': '11.28%', '6': '10.73%', '5': '10.26%', '9': '10.26%', '7': '10.13%', '4': '4.15%', '3': '2.65%', '1': '1.79%', '2': '0.94%'})
Tunisia: (5.88, {'10': '17.16%', '5': '16.15%', '7': '10.09%', '6': '9.67%', '1': '9.67%', '8': '9.50%', '3': '9.00%', '4': '8.83%', '9': '5.63%', '2': '4.29%'})