Carnegie Middle East Governance and Islam Dataset, 1988-2010

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M9I A country that is truly Islamic should not have a parliament with the right to pass laws (or do anything more than advise the rulers).   1) Strongly agree   2) Agree   3) Neither agree nor disagree   4) Disagree   5) Strongly disagree

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	1433	15.3%	15.3%	-1.57
Agree	2317	24.7%	40%	-.84
Neither agree nor disagree	615	6.6%	46.6%	-.11
Disagree	3385	36.1%	82.8%	.62
Strongly disagree	1614	17.2%	100%	1.34

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Household income Religion Sex

Age (I-AGE)

	18-24 years old	25-34 years old	35-44 years old	45-54 years old	55-64 years old	65+ years old	TOTAL
Strongly agree	13.1% 301	14.3% 405	15.3% 326	17.4% 213	21.2% 117	22.7% 70	15.3% 1432
Agree	26.1% 600	25.3% 719	22.1% 470	24.4% 299	24.3% 134	30.4% 94	24.8% 2316
Neither agree nor disagree	8.0% 185	6.3% 179	6.5% 139	5.5% 67	5.4% 30	4.2% 13	6.6% 613
Disagree	36.7% 846	36.4% 1032	37.5% 799	35.4% 433	33.0% 182	30.1% 93	36.2% 3385
Strongly disagree	16.1% 371	17.8% 504	18.6% 396	17.3% 212	16.1% 89	12.6% 39	17.2% 1611
TOTAL	100.0% 2303	100.0% 2839	100.0% 2130	100.0% 1224	100.0% 552	100.0% 309	9357

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
Strongly agree	20.2% 324	15.7% 424	13.1% 335	13.7% 261	14.3% 77	15.3% 1421
Agree	29.6% 475	29.7% 801	23.0% 586	18.4% 351	16.4% 88	24.7% 2301
Neither agree nor disagree	3.7% 60	5.4% 146	8.2% 209	8.4% 161	6.1% 33	6.5% 609
Disagree	33.8% 543	33.9% 915	38.8% 990	38.1% 728	35.4% 190	36.2% 3366
Strongly disagree	12.8% 205	15.2% 410	16.9% 431	21.4% 409	27.7% 149	17.2% 1604
TOTAL	100.0% 1607	100.0% 2696	100.0% 2551	100.0% 1910	100.0% 537	9301

Household income (I-INCOME)

	First quintile	Second quintile	Third quintile	Fourth quintile	Fifth quintile	TOTAL
Strongly agree	13.5% 158	24.8% 349	13.2% 240	17.3% 313	12.5% 337	15.7% 1397
Agree	31.4% 368	25.0% 353	27.7% 502	23.0% 417	20.9% 562	24.7% 2202
Neither agree nor disagree	4.8% 56	5.6% 79	8.4% 153	7.1% 128	6.6% 178	6.7% 594
Disagree	32.6% 382	30.8% 434	39.1% 710	34.3% 620	38.8% 1045	35.9% 3191
Strongly disagree	17.7% 208	13.8% 195	11.5% 209	18.3% 332	21.1% 569	17.0% 1513
TOTAL	100.0% 1172	100.0% 1410	100.0% 1814	100.0% 1810	100.0% 2691	8897

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Muslim	Christian	Jew	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	15.4% 1426	1.7% 1	0.00% 0	0.0% 0	15.3% 1427
Agree	24.7% 2283	28.3% 17	0.00% 0	20.0% 1	24.7% 2301
Neither agree nor disagree	6.5% 604	15.0% 9	0.00% 0	40.0% 2	6.6% 615
Disagree	36.1% 3336	46.7% 28	0.00% 0	40.0% 2	36.2% 3366
Strongly disagree	17.3% 1596	8.3% 5	0.00% 0	0.0% 0	17.2% 1601
TOTAL	100.0% 9245	100.0% 60	100.0% 0	100.0% 5	9310

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Strongly agree	15.9% 795	14.7% 638	15.3% 1433
Agree	23.6% 1182	26.1% 1135	24.7% 2317
Neither agree nor disagree	5.9% 298	7.3% 317	6.6% 615
Disagree	37.0% 1855	35.2% 1530	36.1% 3385
Strongly disagree	17.6% 884	16.8% 730	17.2% 1614
TOTAL	100.0% 5014	100.0% 4350	9364