World Values Survey 2005-2009, Wave 5
Andorra, Argentina, Australia...and 51 more, 2005 - 2009
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Reference ID
WLD_2005-2009_WVS-W5_v01_M
Producer(s)
Inglehart, R., A.Moreno, C. Welzel, K. Kizilova, J. Diez-Medrano, M. Lagos, P. Norris, E. Ponarin, B. Puranen
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Democracy: Governments tax the rich and subsidize the poor. (V152)
Data file: WV5_Data_Stata_v20180912
Overview
Valid:
83975
Invalid:
0
Minimum:
-5
Maximum:
10
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
458
End:
459
Width:
2
Range:
-5 - 10
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Question pretext
(Show Card T)
Literal question
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.
- V152. Governments tax the rich and subsidize the poor.
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -5 | Missing; Not asked by the interviewer | 105 |
0.1%
|
| -4 | Not asked | 7243 |
8.6%
|
| -3 | Not applicable | 0 |
0%
|
| -2 | No answer | 1093 |
1.3%
|
| -1 | Dont know | 3252 |
3.9%
|
| 1 | Not an essential characteristic of democracy | 6670 |
7.9%
|
| 2 | 2 | 2797 |
3.3%
|
| 3 | 3 | 3582 |
4.3%
|
| 4 | 4 | 3491 |
4.2%
|
| 5 | 5 | 8303 |
9.9%
|
| 6 | 6 | 5751 |
6.8%
|
| 7 | 7 | 7840 |
9.3%
|
| 8 | 8 | 9619 |
11.5%
|
| 9 | 9 | 6285 |
7.5%
|
| 10 | An essential characteristic of democracy | 17944 |
21.4%
|
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
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