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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Q20. Newspapers free to publish vs. government closes (Q20)

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.
20. Which of the following statements is closest to your view? Choose Statement 1 or Statement 2.
Statement 1: The media should have the right to publish any views and ideas without government control.
Statement 2: The government should have the right to prevent the media from publishing things that it considers harmful to society.

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
-1	Missing	0	0%
1	Agree very strongly with 1	644	26.8%
2	Agree with 1	856	35.7%
3	Agree with 2	463	19.3%
4	Agree very strongly with 2	311	13%
5	Agree with neither	84	3.5%
9	Don`t know	41	1.7%
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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