Afrobarometer Survey 2021
Round 8

Eswatini, 2021

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SWZ_2021_AFB-R8_v01_M

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Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD), Institute for Justice and Reconciliation in South Africa (IJR), Institute for Empirical Research in Political Economy (IREEP), Institute for Development Studies (IDS), Michigan State University (MSU), University of Cape Town (UCT, South Africa)

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Afrobarometer

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Nov 01, 2022

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Q74. Government should monitor private communication vs right to privacy (Q74)

Data file: afrobarometer_release-data_esw_r8_en_2021-09-21.sav

Overview

Valid: 1200

Invalid: -

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 9

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 746

End: 747

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Let’s talk for a moment about the kind of society you would like to have in this country. Some people say that, in order to enjoy security from violence in our society, we must limit the amount of freedom that citizens are allowed to enjoy. Others say that political liberty is too important to sacrifice and must always be maintained, even if it threatens the security of the country.
Which of the following statements is closest to your view? Choose Statement 1 or Statement 2. [Interviewer: Probe for strength of opinion: Do you agree or agree very strongly?]
Statement 1: Government should be able to monitor private communications, for example on mobile phones, to make sure that people are not plotting violence.
Statement 2: People should have the right to communicate in private without a government agency reading or listening to what they are saying.

Value	Category	Cases
-1	Missing	0	0%
1	Agree Very Strongly with Statement 1	201	16.8%
2	Agree with Statement 1	238	19.8%
3	Agree with Statement 2	285	23.8%
4	Agree Very Strongly with Statement 2	464	38.7%
5	Agree with Neither	8	0.7%
8	Refused to answer	0	0%
9	Don't know	4	0.3%