Afrobarometer Survey 2002-2004, Merged Round 2 Data (16 Countries)
Botswana, Cabo Verde, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Mali, Mozambique, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe, 2002 - 2004
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AFR_2004_AFB-MR2_v01_M
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Institute for Democracy in South Africa (IDASA), Michigan State University (MSU), Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana)
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Q5b. Second meaning of "poor" (q5b)
Data file: merged_r2_data.dta
Overview
Valid:
23197
Invalid:
1104
Minimum:
-1
Maximum:
996
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
91
End:
93
Width:
3
Range:
-1 - 996
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Missing data | 27 |
0.1%
|
| 0 | Nothing | 0 |
0%
|
| 1 | Lack of food | 3667 |
15.8%
|
| 2 | Lack of shelter | 2217 |
9.6%
|
| 3 | Lack of clothing | 1722 |
7.4%
|
| 4 | Lack of money | 2716 |
11.7%
|
| 5 | Low living standards | 899 |
3.9%
|
| 6 | Lack of social amenities | 146 |
0.6%
|
| 7 | Lack of education/knowledge | 517 |
2.2%
|
| 8 | Lack of employment/jobs | 1629 |
7%
|
| 9 | Low levels of health | 627 |
2.7%
|
| 10 | Powerlessness | 53 |
0.2%
|
| 11 | Living in substandard neighborhood | 56 |
0.2%
|
| 12 | Any life-threatening situation | 32 |
0.1%
|
| 13 | No child/spouse/unable to marry a wife | 163 |
0.7%
|
| 14 | Comparison between self and others, inability to meet expect | 46 |
0.2%
|
| 15 | Lack of entertainment (newspaper,TV,Radio,Video) | 8 |
0%
|
| 16 | Psychological status/mental health | 58 |
0.3%
|
| 17 | Exploitive labor (e.g. child labor, prostitution, etc) | 12 |
0.1%
|
| 18 | Lack of agricultural inputs (land/fertilizers/seeds) | 230 |
1%
|
| 19 | Race (associates black with poverty) | 1 |
0%
|
| 20 | Laziness/person who won't work | 187 |
0.8%
|
| 21 | Lack of family/social support network | 329 |
1.4%
|
| 22 | Inability to meet obligations/family responsibilities | 345 |
1.5%
|
| 23 | Beggar/destitute | 81 |
0.3%
|
| 24 | Unreligious | 7 |
0%
|
| 25 | A farmer | 21 |
0.1%
|
| 26 | Poverty (undifferentiated/unspecified) | 152 |
0.7%
|
| 27 | No water | 124 |
0.5%
|
| 28 | No electricity | 34 |
0.1%
|
| 29 | No cattle or livestock | 391 |
1.7%
|
| 30 | No land | 489 |
2.1%
|
| 31 | No vehicle/car | 71 |
0.3%
|
| 32 | In debt | 18 |
0.1%
|
| 33 | To have too many children to support | 38 |
0.2%
|
| 34 | To be a single parent | 15 |
0.1%
|
| 35 | To be old/a pensioner | 26 |
0.1%
|
| 36 | To depend on or revert to crime | 20 |
0.1%
|
| 37 | To only live for today/live day-to-day/no future planning | 43 |
0.2%
|
| 38 | To depend on domestic work/manual labor | 13 |
0.1%
|
| 39 | To have to rely on others for help | 188 |
0.8%
|
| 40 | Low social status/no community standing | 25 |
0.1%
|
| 41 | Street children/living on the street | 16 |
0.1%
|
| 42 | To be an alcoholic or drug addict | 14 |
0.1%
|
| 43 | Unable to contribute to the country | 18 |
0.1%
|
| 49 | Drought/lack of rain | 28 |
0.1%
|
| 50 | Lack of everything/not having anything | 253 |
1.1%
|
| 51 | Handicapped | 340 |
1.5%
|
| 52 | Racism/Suffering from discrimination | 9 |
0%
|
| 53 | Without love or affection | 4 |
0%
|
| 54 | To be sad, miserable, poor of spirit | 26 |
0.1%
|
| 55 | To have lots of problems or difficulties | 37 |
0.2%
|
| 56 | Lack of opportunities or possibilities | 17 |
0.1%
|
| 57 | Lack of common sense, foolish, or poor planning | 32 |
0.1%
|
| 58 | A natural condition/something one is born to | 4 |
0%
|
| 59 | A national problem/caused by government or its policy | 28 |
0.1%
|
| 60 | Lack of assets/property/wealth | 130 |
0.6%
|
| 61 | Lack of school fees | 292 |
1.3%
|
| 62 | Insecurity, lack of peace | 24 |
0.1%
|
| 63 | Being rural | 5 |
0%
|
| 64 | Income below a certain level | 14 |
0.1%
|
| 65 | Can't afford luxuries | 12 |
0.1%
|
| 81 | Orphan/have no parents | 63 |
0.3%
|
| 162 | Rural women | 9 |
0%
|
| 165 | Lack of equipment for production | 17 |
0.1%
|
| 169 | Chetif | 22 |
0.1%
|
| 170 | Having misfortune, bad luck | 7 |
0%
|
| 180 | Lack of Firewood | 0 |
0%
|
| 181 | Lack of Businesses/Markets | 9 |
0%
|
| 182 | Poor Agric | 3 |
0%
|
| 995 | Other | 309 |
1.3%
|
| 996 | No further answer | 4012 |
17.3%
|
| 998 | Refused to answer | 0 |
0%
|
| 999 | Don't know | 0 |
0%
|
| Sysmiss | 1104 |
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.