Survey question from WVS 7
Category: ECONOMIC DIMENSIONS — SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Q163: The world is better off, or worse off, because of science and technology
Question: All things considered, would you say that the world is better off or worse off because of science and technology? Please indicate your view on this scale, with '1' meaning 'the world is a lot worse off' and '10' meaning 'the world is a lot better off'. Provide a number only.
Response scale: 1 to 10
Responses by country (mean, answer distribution):
Egypt: (5.81, {'5': '17.75%', '10': '13.08%', '7': '13.08%', '6': '11.67%', '1': '11.25%', '8': '10.67%', '3': '6.83%', '4': '6.00%', '9': '5.58%', '2': '4.08%'})
Iran: (7.14, {'10': '28.70%', '5': '18.62%', '8': '16.26%', '7': '10.55%', '9': '7.19%', '6': '6.72%', '1': '6.18%', '4': '2.82%', '3': '1.81%', '2': '1.14%'})
Iraq: (7.41, {'10': '26.75%', '9': '16.42%', '8': '15.67%', '7': '10.42%', '5': '9.33%', '6': '8.75%', '1': '5.08%', '4': '2.83%', '2': '2.50%', '3': '2.25%'})
Jordan: (6.23, {'10': '24.12%', '5': '14.86%', '1': '12.52%', '8': '10.43%', '7': '8.85%', '9': '7.26%', '3': '6.43%', '6': '5.68%', '4': '5.51%', '2': '4.34%'})
Lebanon: (7.04, {'7': '24.50%', '8': '23.16%', '6': '18.06%', '9': '10.12%', '10': '10.03%', '3': '6.27%', '5': '2.93%', '4': '2.68%', '2': '1.51%', '1': '0.75%'})
Libya: (7.98, {'10': '45.80%', '8': '11.11%', '9': '10.39%', '5': '8.76%', '7': '6.87%', '6': '6.87%', '2': '3.52%', '3': '2.53%', '4': '2.08%', '1': '2.08%'})
Morocco: (7.46, {'10': '21.17%', '8': '19.58%', '9': '16.58%', '7': '13.25%', '6': '11.42%', '5': '7.50%', '4': '3.92%', '3': '2.67%', '2': '2.00%', '1': '1.92%'})
Turkey: (6.87, {'8': '17.21%', '7': '16.37%', '6': '15.91%', '10': '14.86%', '5': '13.56%', '9': '9.24%', '4': '6.09%', '3': '3.86%', '1': '1.64%', '2': '1.26%'})
Tunisia: (5.65, {'1': '20.05%', '10': '17.54%', '5': '11.11%', '7': '10.36%', '6': '9.86%', '8': '8.77%', '9': '7.44%', '3': '5.93%', '4': '4.85%', '2': '4.09%'})