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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Q21. Government like a parent vs. an employee (Q21)

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.
21. Which of the following statements is closest to your view? Choose Statement 1 or Statement 2.
Statement 1: The government is like a parent. It should decide what is good for us.
Statement 2: The government is like our employee. We are the bosses and should tell government what to do.

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
-1	Missing	0	0%
1	Agree very strongly with 1	298	12.4%
2	Agree with 1	473	19.7%
3	Agree with 2	733	30.6%
4	Agree very strongly with 2	742	30.9%
5	Agree with neither	112	4.7%
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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