Afrobarometer Survey 2019, Round 8

Namibia, 2019

Reference ID

NAM_2019_AFB-R8_v01_M

Producer(s)

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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Apr 28, 2021

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Q36. Extent of democracy (Q36)

Data file: nam_r8_data_27oct20.sav

Overview

Valid: 1200

Invalid: -

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 98

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 312

End: 313

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 98

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

36. Now let us speak about the political system in this country. In your opinion, how much of a democracy is Namibia today?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
-1	Missing	0	0%
1	Not a democracy	40	3.3%
2	A democracy, with major problems	252	21%
3	A democracy, but with minor problems	532	44.3%
4	A full democracy	319	26.6%
8	Do not understand question / democracy	24	2%
9	Don't know	32	2.7%
98	Refused	1	0.1%

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.

Interviewer instructions

Read out options.
Accept only one option.
Read the question in the language of the interview, but always read “democracy” in [English]. Translate “democracy” into local language only if respondent does not understand the term in the official language.

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