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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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Q72-SAF Responsibility: Local councilor (Q72_SAF)

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
72-SAF. What is the main function of your local councillor?
Categories
Value Category Cases
0 Making laws for the good of the community 225
9.4%
1 Hold local government officials accountable 207
8.6%
2 Help solve community problems 1016
42.4%
3 Represent the interests of those who voted for him or her 209
8.7%
4 Represent the interests of everyone in the community 648
27%
5 Represent his or her political party 37
1.5%
8 Other [specify] 4
0.2%
9 Don’t know 53
2.2%
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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