Survey question from WVS 7
Category: GOVERNANCE & POLITICAL SYSTEMS — POLITICAL CULTURE & POLITICAL REGIMES
Q243: Democracy: People choose their leaders in free elections
Question: Many things are desirable, but not all of them are essential characteristics of democracy. How essential do you think 'People choose their leaders in free elections' 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: (8.76, {'10': '55.81%', '9': '12.55%', '8': '10.86%', '7': '9.18%', '6': '4.12%', '5': '3.09%', '4': '1.78%', '3': '1.69%', '1': '0.56%', '2': '0.37%'})
Iran: (8.0, {'10': '48.81%', '5': '14.11%', '8': '12.34%', '7': '6.00%', '6': '5.79%', '9': '5.32%', '1': '3.14%', '4': '2.04%', '3': '1.70%', '2': '0.75%'})
Iraq: (8.02, {'10': '33.08%', '9': '20.42%', '8': '14.08%', '6': '11.25%', '7': '8.50%', '5': '6.75%', '1': '2.42%', '4': '1.92%', '3': '0.92%', '2': '0.67%'})
Jordan: (7.79, {'10': '43.57%', '8': '11.56%', '9': '9.40%', '5': '9.32%', '7': '7.85%', '6': '6.64%', '1': '5.78%', '3': '2.50%', '4': '2.24%', '2': '1.12%'})
Lebanon: (7.48, {'10': '25.58%', '9': '17.33%', '8': '16.42%', '7': '13.42%', '6': '7.42%', '5': '5.00%', '2': '4.58%', '3': '4.58%', '4': '4.25%', '1': '1.42%'})
Libya: (8.4, {'10': '57.44%', '9': '12.17%', '8': '7.88%', '5': '5.25%', '1': '4.90%', '7': '3.42%', '6': '3.42%', '3': '2.45%', '4': '1.93%', '2': '1.14%'})
Morocco: (7.66, {'10': '39.17%', '8': '13.83%', '6': '11.42%', '9': '9.50%', '7': '7.75%', '1': '6.08%', '5': '5.42%', '4': '3.25%', '3': '2.42%', '2': '1.17%'})
Turkey: (7.53, {'10': '35.42%', '6': '11.25%', '8': '11.04%', '7': '10.40%', '5': '10.36%', '9': '9.21%', '4': '5.46%', '3': '2.98%', '1': '2.81%', '2': '1.07%'})
Tunisia: (7.59, {'10': '39.81%', '7': '10.49%', '8': '10.23%', '9': '9.55%', '6': '8.87%', '5': '5.88%', '3': '4.77%', '1': '4.52%', '4': '3.15%', '2': '2.73%'})