Afrobarometer Survey 1 1999-2000, Merged 7 Country
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe, 1999 - 2000
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AFR_1999_AFB-7_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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Afrobarometer 7
Country
1999-2000
alternate safety measures:condensed list (q8b_con)
Data file: Afrobarometer 7 Country 1999-2000
Overview
Valid:
0
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
8
Range:
0 - 999
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 1 | pay money |
| 2 | pay money if available |
| 3 | pay in kind/barter/trade |
| 4 | get it as part of job |
| 5 | own business/self-employed |
| 6 | look for employment |
| 7 | start a business |
| 8 | get better job/place/etc |
| 9 | from renting out property |
| 10 | from investments |
| 11 | borrow/credit/loan/account |
| 12 | sell belongings |
| 13 | produce goods/goods to sell/informal trader |
| 14 | piece/part-time/casual work/work |
| 15 | pension/retirement |
| 20 | self-help/community/co-operative group |
| 21 | from village/neighbours |
| 22 | from friends |
| 23 | boyfriend provides |
| 24 | church/mosque |
| 25 | from well wishers |
| 26 | help from others |
| 30 | relatives/family provide |
| 31 | parents provide |
| 32 | husband provides |
| 33 | wife provides |
| 34 | children provide |
| 35 | pocket money |
| 40 | from traditional leader/chief/headman |
| 41 | from traditional healer/use traditional medicine |
| 42 | rely on black medicine/sorcery |
| 50 | go to minister/prophet/pastor |
| 60 | welfare/grant/govt assistance/ pension |
| 61 | govt subsidization |
| 62 | govt employment |
| 63 | govt clinic/hospital |
| 64 | govt food handout/medical assistance |
| 65 | complain to govt/officials |
| 66 | rely on police |
| 67 | rely on soldiers/army |
| 70 | pretend to be eligible for govt assistance |
| 71 | lie to get govt assistance |
| 72 | pretend to pay someone to watch house |
| 80 | do favour/bribe govt official |
| 82 | do favour for non-govt official |
| 83 | pay bribe to non-govt official |
| 84 | know someone who helps me get govt assistance |
| 96 | no further response |
| 98 | refused |
| 99 | missing data |
| 100 | steal it from others |
| 101 | steal and sell illegal goods |
| 102 | illegally tap into govt electric/water supply |
| 110 | beg |
| 111 | ask anyone i can |
| 112 | beg from relatives and friends |
| 113 | borrow foodstuff |
| 120 | make it myself/grow it myself/do things yourself |
| 122 | get a dog/ have a first aid kit |
| 123 | keep weapons |
| 124 | self defence |
| 125 | look for more secure place |
| 126 | do anything |
| 130 | nothing i can do |
| 131 | pray/go to church |
| 132 | rely on god/allah |
| 133 | hope |
| 134 | wait / wait for death |
| 135 | don't use anything |
| 136 | sit at home |
| 137 | breadwinner does not work |
| 138 | ineligible for govt assistance |
| 139 | struggling/retrenchment |
| 140 | sleep / go without food |
| 141 | no other methods |
| 142 | would give up |
| 145 | from hand to mouth |
| 146 | find food somewhere |
| 147 | would die |
| 150 | it wil never happen |
| 160 | other |
| 161 | don't know |
| 162 | try something new |
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.