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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Q52a. How often news media abuse its freedom (Q52A)

Data file: saf_r5_data_july_2015

Overview

Valid: 2399

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

52. In your opinion, how often, in this country:
A. Does the news media abuse its freedoms by printing or saying things it knows are not true?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	Never	516	21.5%
1	Rarely	845	35.2%
2	Often	647	27%
3	Always	287	12%
9	Don't know	104	4.3%

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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