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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Q5c. Third meaning of "poor" (q5c)
Data file: merged_r2_data.dta
Overview
Valid:
23197
Invalid:
1104
Minimum:
-1
Maximum:
996
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
94
End:
96
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 | 1627 |
7%
|
| 2 | Lack of shelter | 2027 |
8.7%
|
| 3 | Lack of clothing | 1492 |
6.4%
|
| 4 | Lack of money | 1660 |
7.2%
|
| 5 | Low living standards | 630 |
2.7%
|
| 6 | Lack of social amenities | 142 |
0.6%
|
| 7 | Lack of education/knowledge | 556 |
2.4%
|
| 8 | Lack of employment/jobs | 1083 |
4.7%
|
| 9 | Low levels of health | 616 |
2.7%
|
| 10 | Powerlessness | 35 |
0.2%
|
| 11 | Living in substandard neighborhood | 48 |
0.2%
|
| 12 | Any life-threatening situation | 11 |
0%
|
| 13 | No child/spouse/unable to marry a wife | 158 |
0.7%
|
| 14 | Comparison between self and others, inability to meet expect | 37 |
0.2%
|
| 15 | Lack of entertainment (newspaper,TV,Radio,Video) | 4 |
0%
|
| 16 | Psychological status/mental health | 68 |
0.3%
|
| 17 | Exploitive labor (e.g. child labor, prostitution, etc) | 4 |
0%
|
| 18 | Lack of agricultural inputs (land/fertilizers/seeds) | 174 |
0.8%
|
| 19 | Race (associates black with poverty) | 1 |
0%
|
| 20 | Laziness/person who won't work | 123 |
0.5%
|
| 21 | Lack of family/social support network | 259 |
1.1%
|
| 22 | Inability to meet obligations/family responsibilities | 262 |
1.1%
|
| 23 | Beggar/destitute | 78 |
0.3%
|
| 24 | Unreligious | 11 |
0%
|
| 25 | A farmer | 7 |
0%
|
| 26 | Poverty (undifferentiated/unspecified) | 81 |
0.3%
|
| 27 | No water | 132 |
0.6%
|
| 28 | No electricity | 37 |
0.2%
|
| 29 | No cattle or livestock | 301 |
1.3%
|
| 30 | No land | 360 |
1.6%
|
| 31 | No vehicle/car | 63 |
0.3%
|
| 32 | In debt | 12 |
0.1%
|
| 33 | To have too many children to support | 33 |
0.1%
|
| 34 | To be a single parent | 7 |
0%
|
| 35 | To be old/a pensioner | 21 |
0.1%
|
| 36 | To depend on or revert to crime | 14 |
0.1%
|
| 37 | To only live for today/live day-to-day/no future planning | 40 |
0.2%
|
| 38 | To depend on domestic work/manual labor | 11 |
0%
|
| 39 | To have to rely on others for help | 140 |
0.6%
|
| 40 | Low social status/no community standing | 20 |
0.1%
|
| 41 | Street children/living on the street | 27 |
0.1%
|
| 42 | To be an alcoholic or drug addict | 9 |
0%
|
| 43 | Unable to contribute to the country | 12 |
0.1%
|
| 49 | Drought/lack of rain | 27 |
0.1%
|
| 50 | Lack of everything/not having anything | 171 |
0.7%
|
| 51 | Handicapped | 176 |
0.8%
|
| 52 | Racism/Suffering from discrimination | 6 |
0%
|
| 53 | Without love or affection | 10 |
0%
|
| 54 | To be sad, miserable, poor of spirit | 37 |
0.2%
|
| 55 | To have lots of problems or difficulties | 23 |
0.1%
|
| 56 | Lack of opportunities or possibilities | 18 |
0.1%
|
| 57 | Lack of common sense, foolish, or poor planning | 27 |
0.1%
|
| 58 | A natural condition/something one is born to | 2 |
0%
|
| 59 | A national problem/caused by government or its policy | 15 |
0.1%
|
| 60 | Lack of assets/property/wealth | 85 |
0.4%
|
| 61 | Lack of school fees | 255 |
1.1%
|
| 62 | Insecurity, lack of peace | 30 |
0.1%
|
| 63 | Being rural | 0 |
0%
|
| 64 | Income below a certain level | 6 |
0%
|
| 65 | Can't afford luxuries | 15 |
0.1%
|
| 81 | Orphan/have no parents | 45 |
0.2%
|
| 162 | Rural women | 3 |
0%
|
| 165 | Lack of equipment for production | 12 |
0.1%
|
| 169 | Chetif | 11 |
0%
|
| 170 | Having misfortune, bad luck | 6 |
0%
|
| 180 | Lack of Firewood | 1 |
0%
|
| 181 | Lack of Businesses/Markets | 16 |
0.1%
|
| 182 | Poor Agric | 4 |
0%
|
| 995 | Other | 297 |
1.3%
|
| 996 | No further answer | 9439 |
40.7%
|
| 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.