Arab Barometer: Public Opinion Survey Conducted in Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tunisia, and Yemen, 2010-2011 Jamal, Amaney Tessler, Mark Shikaki, Khalil Almasri, Mohammad Robbins, Michael al-Jabi, Abdenasser Abdul Jawad, Jamal Dagher, Munqith Habr, Rabih Al-Sayed, El-Mogiera Mizlini, Iman al-Salahi, Fuad Arab Israeli conflict Arab Spring attitudes citizen attitudes community involvement conflict resolution democracy economic trends elections foreign policy gender roles government government performance household income Islam Islamic law Israeli Palestinian conflict media influence national identity nations political attitudes political change political ideologies political interest political participation political systems public opinion religion religious attitudes religious behavior security social attitudes social conflict social indicators terrorism voting behavior ICPSR.XVII.B ICPSR.XIV.C.2 ICPSR.XVI.B IDRC.VII The Arab Barometer is a multicountry social survey designed to assess citizen attitudes about public affairs, governance, and social policy in the Arab world, and to identify factors that shape these attitudes and values. In this second wave of the Arab Barometer, respondents in the countries of Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tunisia, and Yemen were queried regarding (1) general questions, (2) evaluation of political institutions and political attitudes, (3) elections and parliament, (4) the media, (5) democracy, (6) social, religious and cultural topics, and (7) the Arab world and international relations. In Egypt and Tunisia, additional questions were included related to the events of the Arab Spring. In regards to general questions, respondents were asked to give their opinion on the current overall and future economic condition of their countries, the current economic situation of their families, the safety of their locality, and levels of interpersonal trust. On the topic of evaluation of political institutions, political participation, and political attitudes, respondents gave their opinions on how much trust they had in political institutions such as political parties, police, parliament, the courts, and the prime minister. Further, participants were asked about the ease of obtaining services from the government, the present political situation, the performance of their country's current government, problems facing their country, citizen freedoms, corruption and the use of "wasta" (personal influence or connections). Concerning elections and parliament, questions focused on electoral participation, the fairness of elections, and important qualities in a candidate for office. On the subject of the media, questions included the respondent's main source of political information, media bias, media censorship, and use of the internet. Concerning democracy, respondents were asked questions about their opinions on political competition and reform, participation in political dissent, their opinions on the characteristics of democracy, their opinions about various political system, the degree to which, on a given list of countries, each is a democracy, and how suitable democracy is for the respondents' respective countries. Regarding social, religious and cultural topics, respondents gave their views on the lottery, choosing a spouse, the interpretation of Islam in present-day issues, and the behavior and situation of women in Muslim society. Additional queries included the degree to which religion should influence voting in elections, government decisions, and legislation. The final topic for all countries, the Arab world and international affairs, questions were asked about the Arab world lagging behind other regions, the United States' role in the Middle East, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Additionally, in Egypt and Tunisia, respondents were asked about their participation in and views of the events associated with the Arab Spring. Demographic variables include age, gender, education, income, employment status, occupation, marital status, and religious preference and practices. 2014-04-30 survey data 35040 10.3886/ICPSR35040.v1 Algeria Egypt Global Iraq Jordan Lebanon Palestine Saudi Arabia Sudan Tunisia Yemen 2010--2011 ICPSR metadata records are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License (