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Is terrorism justifiable as a political, ideological, or religious mean? 2022

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Is terrorism justifiable as a political, ideological, or religious mean? 2022
Terrorism as a political, ideological or religious mean. Options range from 1 (never justifiable) to 10 (always justifiable)
Source
World Values Survey Association (2022) – processed by Our World in Data
Last updated
June 25, 2023
Date range
2017–2022

Sources and processing

This data is based on the following sources

The World Values Survey (WVS) comprises survey data conducted across 64 countries and societies around the world and more than 80,000 respondents. This dataset comprises integrated files for the 1981-2022 period for all survey questions.

Retrieved on
June 25, 2023
Retrieved from
https://www.worldvaluessurvey.org/WVSDocumentationWVL.jsp
Citation
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Inglehart, R., C. Haerpfer, A. Moreno, C. Welzel, K. Kizilova, J. Diez-Medrano, M. Lagos, P. Norris, E. Ponarin and B. Puranen (eds.). 2022. World Values Survey: All Rounds - Country-Pooled Datafile. Madrid, Spain and Vienna, Austria: JD Systems Institute and WVSA Secretariat. Dataset Version 3.0.0. doi:10.14281/18241.17.

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World Values Survey Association (2022) – processed by Our World in Data. “Is terrorism justifiable as a political, ideological, or religious mean? 2022” [dataset]. World Values Survey Association, “World Values Survey: All Rounds - Country-Pooled Datafile 3.0.0” [original data]. Retrieved June 14, 2026 from /grapher/perceived-justifiability-of-terrorism-as-a-political-ideological-or-religious-means