Survey question from WVS 7
Category: GOVERNANCE & POLITICAL SYSTEMS — POLITICAL CULTURE & POLITICAL REGIMES
Q247: Democracy: The state makes people's incomes equal
Question: Many things are desirable, but not all of them are essential characteristics of democracy. How essential do you think 'The state makes people's incomes equal' 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: (7.16, {'10': '28.64%', '8': '13.99%', '7': '13.62%', '6': '12.50%', '5': '11.85%', '9': '6.25%', '1': '5.32%', '4': '4.01%', '3': '2.61%', '2': '1.21%'})
Iran: (7.28, {'10': '43.81%', '5': '12.52%', '8': '9.69%', '7': '7.47%', '1': '7.07%', '4': '5.05%', '6': '4.24%', '2': '3.84%', '3': '3.36%', '9': '2.96%'})
Iraq: (7.3, {'10': '25.67%', '9': '16.08%', '8': '13.00%', '6': '11.83%', '7': '10.42%', '5': '9.42%', '1': '4.33%', '4': '3.83%', '3': '3.25%', '2': '2.17%'})
Jordan: (6.09, {'10': '22.02%', '1': '15.48%', '6': '11.65%', '5': '11.14%', '7': '10.46%', '8': '9.01%', '9': '6.72%', '4': '5.10%', '3': '4.25%', '2': '4.17%'})
Lebanon: (6.11, {'7': '15.00%', '8': '14.67%', '6': '12.08%', '5': '10.67%', '10': '10.50%', '9': '9.92%', '3': '7.42%', '2': '6.75%', '4': '6.58%', '1': '6.42%'})
Libya: (7.5, {'10': '45.14%', '5': '11.47%', '8': '9.16%', '1': '7.68%', '9': '7.49%', '7': '6.11%', '6': '3.61%', '4': '3.33%', '2': '3.05%', '3': '2.96%'})
Morocco: (7.38, {'10': '30.67%', '8': '19.50%', '9': '9.42%', '7': '9.25%', '6': '8.92%', '5': '7.50%', '1': '5.75%', '4': '4.00%', '3': '3.33%', '2': '1.67%'})
Turkey: (5.01, {'1': '20.15%', '5': '14.32%', '6': '12.30%', '7': '10.44%', '8': '9.45%', '4': '8.11%', '3': '7.98%', '10': '7.46%', '9': '5.18%', '2': '4.62%'})
Tunisia: (6.22, {'10': '20.55%', '1': '13.17%', '7': '11.74%', '6': '11.41%', '5': '10.40%', '8': '10.32%', '9': '8.22%', '4': '5.70%', '3': '4.45%', '2': '4.03%'})