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afrobarometer

Afrobarometer South Africa 2006

South Africa, 2006
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ZAF_2006_AFB-SA_v01_M
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Afrobarometer
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  • Afrobarometer 3
    South Africa
    2006

q26. government close newspapers vs. free to publish (q26)

Data file: Afrobarometer 3 South Africa 2006

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 509
End: 516
Width: 8
Range: -1 - 998
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
q26. Which of the following statements is closest to your view? Choose Statement A or Statement B.
A: Government should close newspapers that print false stories or misinformation.
B: The news media should be free to publish any story that they see fit without fear of being shut down.
Categories
Value Category
-1 missing
1 agree very strongly with a
2 agree with a
3 agree with b
4 agree very strongly with b
5 agree with neither
9 don't know
998 refused
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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