Carnegie Middle East Governance and Islam Dataset, 1988-2010

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M6F I'm going to describe various types of political systems that exist in the Middle East and ask what you think about each as a way of governing [country]. For each one, would you say it is a very good, fairly good, fairly bad or very bad way of governing [country]? Islamic Caliph state.   1) Very suitable   2) Suitable   3) Somewhat suitable   4) Not suitable at all

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very suitable	1359	48.9%	48.9%	-.95
Suitable	172	6.2%	55.1%	-.23
Somewhat suitable	272	9.8%	64.9%	.5
Not suitable at all	976	35.1%	100%	1.23

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Household income Religion Sex

Age (I-AGE)

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Education (I-EDUC)

	Illiterate	Elementary and primary (includes elementary school so goes from first grade to eighth grade)	Secondary	BA (completion of college degree)	MA or higher	TOTAL
Very suitable	58.7% 88	46.3% 316	51.4% 642	46.1% 303	11.8% 4	48.8% 1353
Suitable	9.3% 14	6.5% 44	5.4% 68	7.0% 46	0.0% 0	6.2% 172
Somewhat suitable	8.0% 12	9.7% 66	9.0% 112	11.0% 72	23.5% 8	9.7% 270
Not suitable at all	24.0% 36	37.5% 256	34.1% 426	35.9% 236	64.7% 22	35.2% 976
TOTAL	100.0% 150	100.0% 682	100.0% 1248	100.0% 657	100.0% 34	2771

Household income (I-INCOME)

	First quintile	Second quintile	Third quintile	Fourth quintile	Fifth quintile	TOTAL
Very suitable	65.9% 27	62.2% 61	48.8% 699	55.7% 59	46.3% 500	48.8% 1346
Suitable	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	7.1% 102	0.0% 0	6.5% 70	6.2% 172
Somewhat suitable	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	9.8% 140	0.0% 0	12.0% 130	9.8% 270
Not suitable at all	34.1% 14	37.8% 37	34.3% 491	44.3% 47	35.2% 381	35.2% 970
TOTAL	100.0% 41	100.0% 98	100.0% 1432	100.0% 106	100.0% 1081	2758

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Muslim	Christian	Jew	Other	TOTAL
Very suitable	50.2% 1347	10.9% 10	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	48.9% 1357
Suitable	6.4% 172	0.0% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	6.2% 172
Somewhat suitable	9.7% 260	13.0% 12	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	9.8% 272
Not suitable at all	33.7% 906	76.1% 70	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	35.1% 976
TOTAL	100.0% 2685	100.0% 92	100.0% 0	100.0% 0	2777

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very suitable	49.4% 693	48.4% 666	48.9% 1359
Suitable	6.3% 88	6.1% 84	6.2% 172
Somewhat suitable	9.4% 132	10.2% 140	9.8% 272
Not suitable at all	35.0% 491	35.3% 485	35.1% 976
TOTAL	100.0% 1404	100.0% 1375	2779