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Afrobarometer Survey South Africa 2008

South Africa, 2008
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zaf-idasa-afb-sa-2008-v1
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Institute for Democracy in South Africa
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    Survey ID number

    zaf-idasa-afb-sa-2008-v1

    Title

    Afrobarometer Survey South Africa 2008

    Country
    Name Country code
    South Africa zaf
    Study type

    Public Opinion Survey

    Series Information

    Institute for Democracy in South Africa. Afrobarometer: Round 4 Survey of South Africa, 2008 [dataset]. Version 1. South Africa: Institute for Democracy in South Africa (IDASA) [producer], 2011. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2015. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/2p7z-x046

    Abstract

    The Afrobarometer South Africa Survey 2008 is from Wave 4 of the Afrobarometer Surveys. The study collected data on the attitudes and opinions of the citizens of South Africa. Opinions were gathered on the role of the government in improving the economy, whether corruption existed in local and national government, whether government officials were responsive to problems of the general population, and whether local government officials, the police, the courts, the overall criminal justice system, the South African Defense Force, the media, the Independent Electoral Commission, and the South African Broadcasting Corporation could be trusted. Respondents were polled on their knowledge of government officials, their level of personal involvement in political, governmental, and community affairs, the inclusiveness of the government, and what their reactions would be to executive branch-sponsored government-imposed restrictions or prohibitions on the media, the judicial system, and parliament.

    Kind of Data

    Sample survey data

    Unit of Analysis

    Households and individuals

    Version

    Version Description

    v1: Edited, anonymised dataset for public distribution

    Version Date

    2011

    Scope

    Notes

    The South African Afrobarometer 2008 covered the following topics:

    Political opinions on the role of the government in improving the economy, whether corruption existed in local and national government, whether government officials were responsive to problems of the general
    population, and whether local government officials, the police, the courts, the overall criminal justice system, the South African Defense Force, the media, the Independent Electoral Commission, and the South African Broadcasting Corporation could be trusted.

    Economic questions on the country's and the respondent's economic condition, whether great income disparities are fair, and whether encouraging people to start small businesses would create more jobs.

    Societal questions on trust in others, whether it is wise to plan ahead, whether everyone should be responsible for themselves and their own success or failure, what characteristics respondents used to identify themselves, whether it was easy to obtain assistance with securing food, water, schooling, and medical services, and by what methods respondents secured food, water, news, information, and medical services.

    Background variables include age, home language, education, current employment status, employment history, family financial situation over the last 12 months, monetary support system, whether a close friend or relative had died from AIDS, language used in interview, sex, ethnicity, type of physical disability, if any, type of housing, location of interview and respondent's attitude during interview.

    Topics
    Topic Vocabulary URI
    conflict, security and peace [4.1] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
    domestic political issues [4.2] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
    government, political systems and organisations [4.4] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
    mass political behaviour, attitudes/opinion [4.6] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
    political ideology [4.7] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
    consumption/consumer behaviour [1.1] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
    economic conditions and indicators [1.2] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
    employment [3.1] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
    unemployment [3.5] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
    crime [5.1] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
    EDUCATION [6] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
    housing [10.1] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
    community, urban and rural life [13.1] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
    cultural and national identity [13.3] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
    social behaviour and attitudes [13.6] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
    social conditions and indicators [13.8] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    The Afrobarometer South Africa Survey 2008 had national coverage

    Geographic Unit

    The Afrobarometer South Africa 2008 data is at country level only

    Universe

    The survey universe of the Afrobarometer South Africa 2008 survey was South African citizens age 18 years or older, excluding institutions

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name
    Institute for Democracy in South Africa
    Producers
    Name Role
    Ghana Centre for Democratic Development Producer
    Michigan State University Producer

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure

    Nationally representative, random, clustered, stratified, multistage area probability sample

    Data Collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2008-10-27 2008-11-23
    Time periods
    Start date
    2006
    Data Collectors
    Name
    Citizen Surveys

    Data Access

    Access authority
    Name Affiliation URL Email
    DataFirst University of Cape Town http://www.datafirst.uct.ac.za support@data1st.org
    Access conditions

    Public use files, available to all

    Citation requirements

    Institute for Democracy in South Africa. Afrobarometer: Round 4 Survey of South Africa, 2008 [dataset]. Version 1. South Africa: Institute for Democracy in South Africa (IDASA) [producer], 2011. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2015. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/2p7z-x046

    Disclaimer and copyrights

    Disclaimer

    The original collector of the data, the data distributor and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for uses of this collection or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.

    Copyright

    (c) 2006, Institute for Democracy in South Africa

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Affiliation Email URL
    DataFirst Helpdesk University of Cape Town support@data1st.org http://support.data1st.org/

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    ddi-zaf-datafirst-afb-2006-v01

    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    DataFirst University of Cape Town Metadata producer
    Date of Metadata Production

    2020-04-01

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    Version 4

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