Survey question from The 2022 Arab Opinion Index
Category: GOVERNANCE & POLITICAL SYSTEMS — State performance
Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following: Imposing government taxes is important because the purpose of taxation is to arm the military and protect the country and its borders. 1: Strongly agree, 2: Somewhat agree, 3: Somewhat disagree, 4: Strongly disagree
Response scale: 1 to 4
Responses by country (mean, answer distribution):
Egypt: (2.04, {'2.0': '33.72%', '3.0': '21.92%', '1.0': '35.51%', '4.0': '8.85%'})
Iraq: (2.27, {'4.0': '22.46%', '3.0': '14.81%', '1.0': '32.75%', '2.0': '29.99%'})
Jordan: (2.41, {'2.0': '33.67%', '4.0': '27.59%', '1.0': '26.33%', '3.0': '12.41%'})
Lebanon: (2.08, {'2.0': '25.54%', '3.0': '14.66%', '1.0': '42.10%', '4.0': '17.70%'})
Libya: (1.88, {'1.0': '47.72%', '2.0': '28.90%', '3.0': '11.22%', '4.0': '12.17%'})
Morocco: (2.33, {'3.0': '22.46%', '4.0': '18.63%', '2.0': '32.63%', '1.0': '26.29%'})
Tunisia: (1.51, {'1.0': '70.49%', '4.0': '8.32%', '3.0': '4.79%', '2.0': '16.39%'})
Algeria: (2.53, {'4.0': '23.90%', '3.0': '23.25%', '2.0': '34.65%', '1.0': '18.20%'})
Saudi Arabia: (1.68, {'1.0': '55.20%', '2.0': '30.15%', '3.0': '6.58%', '4.0': '8.07%'})
Sudan: (2.23, {'1.0': '27.34%', '2.0': '39.70%', '4.0': '17.45%', '3.0': '15.52%'})
Palestine: (2.84, {'2.0': '33.59%', '4.0': '32.82%', '3.0': '25.97%', '1.0': '7.62%'})
Kuwait: (No data, {})
Mauritania: (2.02, {'1.0': '30.15%', '4.0': '7.54%', '3.0': '16.58%', '2.0': '45.73%'})
Qatar: (No data, {})