IDASA Opinion Survey 1998
South Africa, 1998
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zaf-idasa-os-1998-v1.1
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Institute for Democracy in South Africa, Electoral Institute of South Africa
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Data file: IDASA Opinion99 1998_2
Overview
Valid:
3493
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
loc_start_pos:
306
loc_end_pos:
307
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 53
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | food | 4 |
0.1%
|
| 2 | water provision | 78 |
2.2%
|
| 3 | sanitation | 10 |
0.3%
|
| 4 | poverty | 86 |
2.5%
|
| 5 | land | 6 |
0.2%
|
| 6 | provision of housing (housing) | 208 |
6%
|
| 7 | quality of houses | 1 |
0%
|
| 8 | provision health care | 36 |
1%
|
| 9 | quality of health care | 3 |
0.1%
|
| 10 | disease control | 2 |
0.1%
|
| 11 | education provision | 135 |
3.9%
|
| 12 | quality of education | 11 |
0.3%
|
| 13 | education opportunities | 2 |
0.1%
|
| 14 | electricity provision | 45 |
1.3%
|
| 15 | road/ street construction | 14 |
0.4%
|
| 16 | quality of roads | 10 |
0.3%
|
| 17 | transport | 0 |
0%
|
| 18 | general facilities | 9 |
0.3%
|
| 19 | general violence | 96 |
2.7%
|
| 20 | political violence | 6 |
0.2%
|
| 21 | criminal violence (crime) | 1080 |
30.9%
|
| 22 | death sentence | 15 |
0.4%
|
| 23 | street vending | 0 |
0%
|
| 24 | drug and alcohol abuse | 8 |
0.2%
|
| 25 | child abuse | 7 |
0.2%
|
| 26 | general economy | 243 |
7%
|
| 27 | investment | 2 |
0.1%
|
| 28 | prices | 5 |
0.1%
|
| 29 | taxes and rates | 7 |
0.2%
|
| 30 | job creation | 1095 |
31.3%
|
| 31 | wages, pensions | 31 |
0.9%
|
| 32 | equal rights | 6 |
0.2%
|
| 33 | minority rights/ property rights | 1 |
0%
|
| 34 | discrimination | 26 |
0.7%
|
| 35 | affirmative action | 5 |
0.1%
|
| 36 | too much affirmative action | 6 |
0.2%
|
| 37 | general government | 5 |
0.1%
|
| 38 | corruption | 50 |
1.4%
|
| 39 | government spending | 4 |
0.1%
|
| 40 | government responsiveness | 1 |
0%
|
| 41 | immigration | 15 |
0.4%
|
| 42 | population explosion | 6 |
0.2%
|
| 43 | elections | 0 |
0%
|
| 44 | political disputes | 1 |
0%
|
| 45 | lack of unity | 5 |
0.1%
|
| 46 | children | 4 |
0.1%
|
| 47 | better life style | 8 |
0.2%
|
| 48 | environment | 2 |
0.1%
|
| 49 | aids | 17 |
0.5%
|
| 50 | other | 42 |
1.2%
|
| 51 | no comment | 1 |
0%
|
| 52 | nothing | 5 |
0.1%
|
| 53 | don't know | 28 |
0.8%
|
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.