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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Q77. Why avoid paying taxes (Q77)

Data file: saf_r5_data_july_2015

Overview

Valid: 2399

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 4

Range: 0 - 9999

Format: Numeric

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Literal question

77. What do you think is the main reason that some people avoid paying government the taxes and fees that they owe?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	People donâ€™t avoid paying	208	8.7%
1	The tax system is unfair	183	7.6%
2	The taxes are too high	515	21.5%
3	People cannot afford to pay	647	27%
4	The poor services they receive from government	276	11.5%
5	Government does not listen to them	85	3.5%
6	Government wastes tax money	197	8.2%
7	Government officials steal tax money	76	3.2%
8	They know they will not be caught	31	1.3%
9	Greed / selfishness	0	0%
10	Ignorance, don't know how to pay or don't understand need to	9	0.4%
9995	Other	5	0.2%
9999	Donâ€™t know	167	7%

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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