Afrobarometer South Africa 2000

South Africa, 2000

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ZAF_2000_AFB-SA_v01_M

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Robert Mattes, Yul Derek Davids, Cherrel Africa

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Afrobarometer

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free to earn vs limited income (q20)

Data file: Afrobarometer SA 2000

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 8

Range: 1 - 99

Format: Numeric

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Literal question

q20. Please tell me whether you most agree with Statement A or Statement B?
STATEMENT A: People should be free to earn as much as they can, even if this leads to large differences in income. Or:
STATEMENT B: Government should place limits on how much rich people can earn, even if this discourages some people from working hard.

Categories

Value	Category
1	free to earn: agree strongly
2	free to earn: agree somewhat
3	limit income: agree somewhat
4	limit income: agree strongly
5	do not know
6	do not agree with either
98	refused
99	missing

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.

Description

Definition

Opinion about whether people should be free to earn as much as they can or that the government should place limits on how much people can earn

Universe

The universe for this question is citizens of South Africa 18 years of age or older

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