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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new business risky vs invest to start business (q22)

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

q22. Please tell me whether you most agree with Statement A or Statement B?
STATEMENT A: There is no sense in trying to start a new business because it might lose money. Or:
STATEMENT B: If a person has a good idea for business, they should invest their own savings or borrow money to try and make it succeed.

Categories

Value	Category
1	too risky to start businesses: agree strongly
2	too risky to start businesses: agree somewhat
3	invest to make business succeed: agree somewhat
4	invest to make business succeed: 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 there is no sense in starting a new business or that people with good ideas for business should invest to try and make it succeed

Universe

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

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