Many things may be desirable, but not all of them are essential characteristics of democracy. Please tell me for each of the following things how essential you think it is as a characteristic of democracy. Use this scale where 1 means "not at all an essential characteristic of democracy" and 10 means it definitely is "an essential characteristic of democracy" - V152. Governments tax the rich and subsidize the poor.
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Value
Category
-5
Missing; Not asked by the interviewer
-4
Not asked
-3
Not applicable
-2
No answer
-1
Dont know
1
Not an essential characteristic of democracy
2
2
3
3
4
4
5
5
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6
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7
8
8
9
9
10
An essential characteristic of democracy
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