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
what does democracy mean? (q28b)
Data file: Afrobarometer 7 Country 1999-2000
Overview
Valid:
0
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
8
Range:
1 - 999
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 1 | don't know |
| 2 | when country is run by the people |
| 3 | to be independent |
| 4 | the right to everything |
| 5 | freedom in everything except crime |
| 6 | freedom of speech |
| 7 | equal rights |
| 8 | different groups must have different rights |
| 9 | to own property/land |
| 10 | freedom of movement |
| 11 | freedom in general |
| 12 | free education |
| 13 | reduce crime |
| 14 | free medical treatment |
| 15 | be able to criticise govt |
| 16 | peace |
| 17 | justice |
| 18 | no war |
| 19 | human rights |
| 20 | unity |
| 21 | never heard of such a word |
| 22 | right to vote |
| 23 | improve living conditions |
| 24 | development |
| 25 | right to join any political party |
| 26 | police protection |
| 27 | to advise each other when ruling |
| 28 | to have rules formulated by people |
| 29 | ruling without discrimination |
| 30 | many political parties |
| 31 | majority rule |
| 32 | good leadership |
| 33 | freedom of expression |
| 34 | to rule satisfactorily |
| 35 | to live in harmony |
| 36 | having what people want |
| 37 | people help the ruler |
| 38 | govt assist the people |
| 39 | govt promotes development |
| 40 | autocracy |
| 41 | oppression of majority |
| 42 | fair elections |
| 43 | working together with govt |
| 44 | nothing |
| 45 | democracy is meaningless |
| 46 | enough food |
| 47 | self-rule |
| 49 | taking authority to change things |
| 50 | can't explain it properly |
| 51 | govt of people,by people,for people |
| 52 | no civil war |
| 53 | good standard of living |
| 54 | power-sharing |
| 55 | no discrimination |
| 56 | providing services |
| 57 | govt being fair to people |
| 58 | elected govt |
| 59 | accountable govt |
| 60 | good governance |
| 61 | no dictatorship |
| 62 | stability |
| 63 | too afraid to give opinion |
| 64 | freedom religion/worship |
| 65 | employment |
| 66 | having one constitution for country |
| 67 | colonialism |
| 68 | respecting other people's freedom |
| 69 | does not matter |
| 70 | doing things without fear/intimidation |
| 71 | responsive govt |
| 72 | no coercion |
| 73 | freedom of the press |
| 74 | freedom of association |
| 75 | health care for all |
| 76 | freedom of dress |
| 77 | freedom of choice |
| 78 | change of things from bad to good |
| 79 | freedom of birthright |
| 80 | doing things that benefit the nation |
| 81 | competition between political parties |
| 82 | change of ruling parties |
| 83 | having opposition parties |
| 84 | freedom to conduct business |
| 85 | gender equality |
| 86 | lowering prices |
| 87 | politics/anything to do with politics |
| 88 | foreign idea |
| 89 | everyone being happy |
| 90 | living freely |
| 91 | living without problems |
| 92 | govt helping poor |
| 93 | consultation |
| 94 | smooth-running of country |
| 95 | control over one's life |
| 96 | no further answer |
| 97 | having basic necessities |
| 98 | refused |
| 99 | missing |
| 100 | no restrictions |
| 101 | responsible conduct of citizens |
| 102 | food distribution |
| 103 | keeping & respecting our culture |
| 104 | do not know the meaning |
| 105 | helping each other |
| 106 | independence |
| 107 | govt represents all people |
| 108 | change of president |
| 109 | new govt |
| 110 | govt of unity |
| 111 | change of govt |
| 112 | change of laws |
| 113 | govt protecting people |
| 114 | no more taxes |
| 115 | everyone being able to make money |
| 116 | it is a wrong & bad thing |
| 117 | rebellious people |
| 118 | elections |
| 119 | participation in govt |
| 120 | elected representation |
| 121 | removal of old govt |
| 122 | coming of udf |
| 123 | youth help govt |
| 124 | govt giving id cards |
| 125 | freedom of expression may suppress |
| 126 | freedom to choose leaders |
| 127 | people rule in their own way |
| 128 | people should always be free |
| 129 | social welfare |
| 130 | good health |
| 131 | prosperity |
| 132 | difficulty |
| 133 | lcd governance |
| 134 | free access to resources |
| 135 | government |
| 136 | nation must be self-reliant |
| 137 | business |
| 138 | improvement of youth |
| 139 | rubbish that children can do what they want |
| 140 | governing power be given to nation |
| 141 | fulfil their own plans |
| 142 | equal sharing of responsibilities |
| 143 | peoples lives |
| 144 | disruption of basotho way of governing |
| 145 | national economy |
| 146 | exchange of views on life |
| 147 | donations in cooperatives |
| 148 | building mortuaries |
| 149 | no good in being independent |
| 150 | apartheid |
| 151 | new life |
| 152 | disagreement |
| 153 | restrict traditional leadership |
| 154 | freedom from oppression |
| 155 | freedom for children |
| 156 | selfishness |
| 157 | other |
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.