Afrobarometer Survey South Africa 2004
South Africa, 2004
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zaf-idasa-afb-sa-2004-v1
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Institute for Democracy in South Africa
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Afrobarometer
2.5 South
Africa 2004
q35pt1. first meaning of democracy (code) (q35pt1)
Data file: Afrobarometer 2.5 South Africa 2004
Overview
Valid:
0
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
loc_start_pos:
326
loc_end_pos:
328
Width:
3
Range:
-1 - 999
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
q35pt1. What if anything does democracy mean to you?
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| -1 | missing |
| 1 | civil liberties / personal freedoms |
| 2 | government by, for, of the people / popular rule |
| 3 | voting / elections / multiparty competition |
| 4 | peace / unity / power sharing |
| 5 | social / economic development |
| 6 | equality / justice |
| 7 | majority rule |
| 8 | governance / effectiveness / accountability / rule of law |
| 9 | national independence / people's self determination |
| 10 | mutual respect |
| 11 | working together |
| 12 | other positive meanings |
| 14 | conflict / confusion |
| 15 | corruption / abuse of power |
| 16 | *social / economic hardship |
| 17 | other negative meanings |
| 18 | nothing / democracy is meaningless |
| 19 | civilian politics / government |
| 20 | change of government / leadership / laws |
| 21 | other neutral / null meanings |
| 100 | freedom ( unspecified ) |
| 101 | human rights / people's rights / everybody has a right in th |
| 102 | fair country / government / fair towards all people |
| 103 | everyone having a say in government decisions |
| 104 | job creation / more jobs |
| 105 | living together with different races / harmony |
| 106 | freedom from discrimination / oppression / apartheid |
| 107 | right to free water , electricity , housing , land , medical |
| 108 | better living conditions / better life |
| 109 | less crime / corruption / crime prevention |
| 110 | fairness / same treatment or opportunities for everyone |
| 995 | other |
| 998 | refused |
| 999 | don't know / did not understand the question |
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.