Afrobarometer Survey South Africa 2002
South Africa, 2002
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zaf-idasa-afb-sa-2002-v1
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Afrobarometer 2
South Africa
2002
q5b. second meaning of "poor" (q5b)
Data file: Afrobarometer 2 South Africa 2002
Overview
Valid:
0
Valid (weighted):
0
Invalid:
0
Invalid (weighted):
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
loc_start_pos:
135
loc_end_pos:
137
Width:
3
Range:
-1 - 999
Format:
Numeric
Weighted variable:
V349
Questions and instructions
Literal question
In your opinion, what does it mean to be “poor”?
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| -1 | missing data |
| 0 | nothing |
| 1 | lack of food |
| 2 | lack of shelter |
| 3 | lack of clothing |
| 4 | lack of money |
| 5 | low living standards |
| 6 | lack of social amenities |
| 7 | lack of education/knowledge |
| 8 | lack of employment/job |
| 9 | low levels of health |
| 10 | powerlessness |
| 11 | living in substandard neighborhood |
| 12 | any life-threatening situation |
| 13 | no child/spouse/unable to marry a wife |
| 14 | comparison between self and others, inability to meet expect |
| 15 | lack of entertainment (newspaper,tv,radio,video) |
| 16 | psychological status/mental health |
| 17 | exploitive labor (e.g. child labor, prostitution, etc) |
| 18 | lack of agricultural inputs (land/fertilizers/seeds) |
| 19 | race (associates black with poverty) |
| 20 | laziness/person who won't work |
| 21 | lack of family/social support network |
| 22 | inability to meet obligations/family responsibilities |
| 23 | beggar/destitute |
| 24 | unreligious |
| 25 | a farmer |
| 26 | poverty (undifferentiated/unspecified) |
| 27 | no water |
| 28 | no electricity |
| 29 | no cattle or livestock |
| 30 | no land |
| 31 | no vehicle/car |
| 32 | in debt |
| 33 | to have too many children to support |
| 34 | to be a single parent |
| 35 | to be old/a pensioner |
| 36 | to depend on or revert to crime |
| 37 | to only live for today/live day-to-day/no future planning |
| 38 | to depend on domestic work/manual labor |
| 39 | to have to rely on others for help |
| 40 | low social status/no community standing |
| 41 | street children/living on the street |
| 42 | to be an alcoholic or drug addict |
| 43 | unable to contribute to the country |
| 50 | lack of everything/not having anything |
| 51 | handicapped |
| 52 | racism/suffering from discrimination |
| 995 | other |
| 996 | no answer/no further answer |
| 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.
Description
Definition
Respondent's understanding of the word "poor"