Survey question from WVS 7
Category: GOVERNANCE & POLITICAL SYSTEMS — POLITICAL CULTURE & POLITICAL REGIMES
Q242: Democracy: Religious authorities interpret the laws
Question: Many things are desirable, but not all of them are essential characteristics of democracy. How essential do you think 'Religious authorities interpret the laws' 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: (5.78, {'10': '17.05%', '5': '15.40%', '1': '12.54%', '6': '12.10%', '7': '11.44%', '8': '8.03%', '3': '7.37%', '4': '7.04%', '9': '4.62%', '2': '4.40%'})
Iran: (5.36, {'5': '23.59%', '1': '17.02%', '10': '13.97%', '8': '9.42%', '7': '6.78%', '4': '6.78%', '2': '6.31%', '9': '5.76%', '6': '5.29%', '3': '5.08%'})
Iraq: (5.4, {'5': '15.08%', '1': '14.50%', '6': '13.33%', '10': '10.92%', '8': '9.92%', '3': '9.00%', '7': '8.25%', '4': '6.75%', '9': '6.50%', '2': '5.75%'})
Jordan: (6.04, {'10': '21.65%', '5': '14.91%', '1': '14.65%', '8': '10.60%', '6': '9.07%', '7': '8.72%', '9': '6.29%', '2': '5.30%', '4': '4.58%', '3': '4.22%'})
Lebanon: (4.43, {'1': '19.56%', '3': '12.59%', '2': '12.24%', '5': '11.73%', '4': '9.86%', '7': '9.01%', '6': '7.82%', '8': '7.14%', '10': '5.61%', '9': '4.42%'})
Libya: (6.72, {'10': '32.68%', '5': '12.29%', '1': '11.64%', '8': '10.34%', '9': '8.19%', '7': '6.15%', '4': '5.49%', '6': '5.12%', '2': '4.28%', '3': '3.82%'})
Morocco: (5.32, {'1': '18.75%', '10': '15.08%', '5': '13.00%', '6': '11.83%', '3': '8.83%', '7': '8.50%', '8': '7.33%', '4': '7.33%', '9': '4.75%', '2': '4.58%'})
Turkey: (4.4, {'1': '27.12%', '5': '12.93%', '6': '12.15%', '7': '9.04%', '3': '8.91%', '4': '8.17%', '8': '7.87%', '2': '5.71%', '10': '5.02%', '9': '3.07%'})
Tunisia: (3.95, {'1': '29.93%', '3': '14.24%', '5': '10.72%', '2': '10.55%', '4': '7.72%', '10': '6.95%', '8': '5.92%', '7': '5.40%', '6': '4.89%', '9': '3.69%'})