Afrobarometer Survey South Africa 2002

South Africa, 2002
Afrobarometer

Institute for Democracy in South Africa

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q49c. responsibilities of member of parliament - 3rd response (q49c)

Data file: Afrobarometer 2 South Africa 2002

Overview

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Questions and instructions

Literal question

In your opinion, what are the most important responsibilities of a Member of Parliament?

Categories

Value	Category
-1	missing data
0	none/no responsibilities
1	make laws
2	approve/ratify budget
3	listen to the people
4	represent the people
5	check and balance executive branch
6	deliver development
7	fight corruption
8	make the government work better
9	ensure economic equality
10	spend their own money in the constituency
11	to ensure justice
12	to rule/to govern
13	ensure national unity
14	national security
15	interpret laws/constitution
16	civic education
17	environment
20	implement education policies
21	implement health policies
22	create employment
23	control prices
24	control crime
25	manage the macro-economy
26	help the poor
27	improve infrastructure
28	international relations
29	ensure/protect/promote democracy
30	handle aids issues/aids awareness
31	debate/discuss/solve problems
32	social welfare issues (fight poverty, assist poor, elderly)
33	manage land issues/land distribution
34	improve agriculture/assist farmers
35	housing issues
50	help the population
995	other
996	no reply/no further reply
998	refused to answer
999	don't know

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.