Afrobarometer Survey 2011, Round 5

South Africa, 2011

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ZAF_2011_AFB-R5_v01_M

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The Institute for Democracy in South Africa (IDASA), Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), Michigan State University (MSU)

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Afrobarometer

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Q36. President monitored by parliament vs. free to act on own (Q36)

Data file: saf_r5_data_july_2015

Overview

Valid: 2399

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: -1 - 998

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

36. Which of the following statements is closest to your view? Choose Statement 1 or Statement 2.
Statement 1: Parliament should ensure that the President explains to it on a regular basis how his government spends taxpayers' money.
Statement 2: The President should be able to devote his full attention to developing the country rather than wasting time justifying his actions.

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
-1	Missing	0	0%
1	Agree very strongly with 1	614	25.6%
2	Agree with 1	765	31.9%
3	Agree with 2	532	22.2%
4	Agree very strongly with 2	388	16.2%
5	Agree with neither	76	3.2%
9	Don't know	24	1%
998	Refused	0	0%

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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