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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Q41. Presidential two term limit vs. no term limits (Q41)

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

41. Which of the following statements is closest to your view? Choose Statement 1 or Statement 2.
Statement 1: The Constitution should limit the President to serving a maximum of two terms in office.
Statement 2: There should be no constitutional limit on how long the President can serve.

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
-1	Missing	0	0%
1	Agree very strongly with 1	698	29.1%
2	Agree with 1	929	38.7%
3	Agree with 2	424	17.7%
4	Agree very strongly with 2	193	8%
5	Agree with neither	98	4.1%
9	Don't know	57	2.4%
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.

Interviewer instructions

Only one option to be chosen. Read the question in the language of the interview, but always read “democracy” in Arabic. Translate “democracy” into local language only if respondent does not understand Arabic term.

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