IDASA Opinion Survey 1998
South Africa, 1998
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Institute for Democracy in South Africa, Electoral Institute of South Africa
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e21. first mention:: what obstacles might prevent you from actually going to vot (e21_1)
Data file: IDASA Opinion99 1998_4
Overview
Valid:
3384
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 37
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | intimidation/ intolerance | 51 |
1.5%
|
| 2 | corruption | 4 |
0.1%
|
| 3 | if they change the date | 1 |
0%
|
| 4 | violence | 121 |
3.6%
|
| 5 | personal circumstances eg. sickness, death, etc. | 575 |
17%
|
| 6 | too young | 2 |
0.1%
|
| 7 | the weather, eg. rain | 13 |
0.4%
|
| 8 | minorities can't impact on results (discrimination/ racial t | 3 |
0.1%
|
| 9 | work related | 56 |
1.7%
|
| 10 | transport problems | 20 |
0.6%
|
| 11 | don't have id/ bar-coded id | 156 |
4.6%
|
| 12 | not allowed to vote, eg. i am not a south african citizen | 18 |
0.5%
|
| 13 | if i am not in the area | 41 |
1.2%
|
| 14 | *if i am not in the country | 25 |
0.7%
|
| 15 | polling station too far | 11 |
0.3%
|
| 16 | long queues | 38 |
1.1%
|
| 17 | lack of security | 8 |
0.2%
|
| 18 | didn't register | 143 |
4.2%
|
| 19 | don't want to vote | 103 |
3%
|
| 20 | waste of time | 9 |
0.3%
|
| 21 | if i don't have time | 1 |
0%
|
| 22 | lack of confidence that results will be a reflection of a fr | 5 |
0.1%
|
| 23 | if my party didn't have a representative standing | 2 |
0.1%
|
| 24 | uncertainty of whom to vote for | 26 |
0.8%
|
| 25 | general disenchantment/ negative feelings about politics | 53 |
1.6%
|
| 26 | don't trust the i.e.c./ election process | 3 |
0.1%
|
| 27 | late arrival of officials | 2 |
0.1%
|
| 28 | lack of materials | 0 |
0%
|
| 29 | if my name does not appear on the voter's roll | 17 |
0.5%
|
| 30 | disorganisation | 6 |
0.2%
|
| 31 | would like extended hours at polling stations | 3 |
0.1%
|
| 32 | attitude of staff, eg. unhelpful | 0 |
0%
|
| 33 | no comment | 6 |
0.2%
|
| 34 | other | 14 |
0.4%
|
| 35 | nothing/ nothing will stop me | 1741 |
51.4%
|
| 36 | don't know | 98 |
2.9%
|
| 37 | refused | 9 |
0.3%
|
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.