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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Q18. Leaders help own community vs. treat all equally (Q18)

Data file: saf_r5_data_july_2015

Overview

Valid: 2399

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 3

Range: -1 - 998

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Lets talk for a moment about the kind of society you would like to have in this country.
18. Which of the following statements is closest to your view? Choose Statement 1 or Statement 2.
Statement 1: Once in office, elected leaders are obliged to help their home community or group first.
Statement 2: Since elected leaders should represent everyone, they should not do anything that favors their own group over others.

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
-1	Missing	0	0%
1	Agree very strongly with 1	314	13.1%
2	Agree with 1	465	19.4%
3	Agree with 2	716	29.8%
4	Agree very strongly with 2	823	34.3%
5	Agree with neither	64	2.7%
9	Don`t know	17	0.7%
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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