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Afrobarometer Survey 2021-2023
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Africa, 2021 - 2023
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Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD), Institute for Justice and Reconciliation in South Africa (IJR), Institute for Empirical Research in Political Economy (IREEP), Institute for Development Studies (IDS), Michigan State University (MSU), University of Cape Town (UCT)
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Oct 01, 2024
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Data file: afr39-2021-2023-v1

Cases: 53444
Variables: 381

Variables

respno
respondent number
intvno
interviewer number
country
country
country_old_spelling
country old spelling/order
country_r7list
country in r7 alphabetical order
country_r6list
country in r6 alphabetical order
country_r5list
country in r5 alphabetical order
country_by_region
country by region
urbrur
urban or rural primary sampling unit
urbrur_cond
urban or rural primary sampling unit
region
province or region
ea_svc_a
ea-svc-a. electricity grid in the psu/ea
ea_svc_b
ea-svc-b. piped water system in the psu/ea
ea_svc_c
ea-svc-c. sewage system in the psu/ea
ea_svc_d
ea-svc-d. mobile phone service in the psu/ea
ea_svc_e
ea-svc-e. borehole or tubewell in psu/ea
ea_fac_a
ea-fac-a. post office in the psu/ea
ea_fac_b
ea-fac-b. school in the psu/ea
ea_fac_c
ea-fac-c. police station in the psu/ea
ea_fac_d
ea-fac-d. health clinic in the psu/ea
ea_fac_e
ea-fac-e. market stalls in the psu/ea
ea_fac_f
ea-fac-f. bank or money services in the psu/ea
ea_fac_f2
ea-fac-f2. social/govt center/office in psu/ea
ea_fac_g
ea-fac-g. paid transport in the psu/ea
ea_sec_a
ea-sec-a. police in the psu/ea
ea_sec_b
ea-sec-b. soldiers/army in the psu/ea
ea_sec_c
ea-sec-c. roadblocks by police/army in the psu/ea
ea_sec_d
ea-sec-d. customs checkpoints in the psu/ea
ea_sec_e
ea-sec-e. roadblocks by private security/local community in the psu/ea
ea_road_a
ea-road-a. road surface at start point
ea_road_b
ea-road-b. road surface last 5 km
ea_road_c
ea-road-c. road condition last 5 km
nocall_1
reason for unsuccessful call household 1
nocall_2
reason for unsuccessful call household 2
nocall_3
reason for unsuccessful call household 3
nocall_4
reason for unsuccessful call household 4
nocall_5
reason for unsuccessful call household 5
nocall_6
reason for unsuccessful call household 6
nocall_7
reason for unsuccessful call household 6
nocall_8
reason for unsuccessful call household 6
nocall_9
reason for unsuccessful call household 9
nocall_10
reason for unsuccessful call household 10
nocall_11
reason for unsuccessful call household 11
nocall_12
reason for unsuccessful call household 12
nocall_13
reason for unsuccessful call household 13
nocall_14
reason for unsuccessful call household 14
nocall_15
reason for unsuccessful call household 15
nocall_16
reason for unsuccessful call household 16
nocall_17
reason for unsuccessful call household 17
nocall_18
reason for unsuccessful call household 18
nocall_19
reason for unsuccessful call household 19
nocall_20
reason for unsuccessful call household 20
nocall_21
reason for unsuccessful call household 21
dateintr
date of interview
strtime
time interview started
q1
q1. age
q2
q2. language spoken in home
q2other
q2other. language spoken in home (verbatim)
q3
q3. overall direction of the country
q4a
q4a. country’s present economic condition
q4b
q4b. your present living conditions
q5a
q5a. country’s economic condition compared to 12 months ago
q5b
q5b. country’s economic condition in 12 months’ time
q6a
q6a. how often gone without food
q6b
q6b. how often gone without water
q6c
q6c. how often gone without medical care
q6d
q6d. how often gone without cooking fuel
q6e
q6e. how often gone without cash income
q7a
q7a. how often felt unsafe walking in neighbourhood
q7b
q7b. how often feared crime in home
q8
q8. discuss politics
q9a
q9a. freedom to say what you think
q9b
q9b. freedom to join any political organization
q9c
q9c. freedom to choose who to vote for
q10a
q10a. attend a community meeting
q10b
q10b. join others to raise an issue
q10c
q10c. attend a demonstration or protest march
q11a
q11a. make local government councillors listen
q11b
q11b. contact local government councillor
q11c
q11c. contact mp
q11d
q11d. contact political party official
q11e
q11e. contact traditional leader
q12a
q12a. elections ensure mps reflect views of voters
q12b
q12b. elections ensure voters remove unrepresentative leaders
q13
q13. voting in the most recent national election
q14a
q14a. freeness and fairness of the last national election
q14b
q14b. how likely powerful find out your vote
q14c
q14c. last national election: fear political intimidation or violence
q15
q15. government bans organizations vs join any
q16
q16. media free to publish vs government control
q17
q17. media checks government vs avoid negative reporting
q18
q18. govt gets things done vs govt accountable to citizens
q19a
q19a. government like a boss vs like an employee
q19b
q19b. elected officials follow voter demands vs follow own ideas
q20
q20. men only as leaders vs women leaders
q21a
q21a. men have more right to job
q21b
q21b. women have equal right to land
q22a
q22a. reject one-party rule
q22b
q22b. reject military rule
q22c
q22c. reject one-man rule
q23
q23. support for democracy
q24
q24. choose leaders through elections vs other methods
q25
q25. political parties divisive vs many parties needed
q26
q26. democracy needs political party turnover vs ok if one party always wins
q27a
q27a. parliament makes laws vs president does
q27b
q27b. president monitored by parliament vs free to act on own
q27c
q27c. opposition parties examine government vs cooperate
q28
q28. president free to act vs obey the laws and courts
q29a
q29a. presidential two term limit vs no term limits
q29b
q29b. armed forces never intervene vs when leaders abuse power
q30
q30. extent of democracy
q31
q31. satisfaction with democracy
q32a
q32a. level of democracy compared to five years ago
q32b
q32b. level of democracy in five years' time
q33a
q33a. how often party competition leads to conflict
q33b
q33b. how often president ignores laws
q33c
q33c. how often president ignores parliament
q33d
q33d. how often careful what you say
q33e
q33e. how often people treated unequally under law
q33f
q33f. how often officials unpunished
q33g
q33g. how often ordinary people unpunished
q33h
q33h. how free is news media
q33i
q33i. treated unfairly by government based on economic status
q34a
q34a. mps listen
q34b
q34b. local government councillors listen
q35a
q35a. access to information: school budget
q35b
q35b. access to information: local government development plan and budget
q35c
q35c. access to information: local government contracts
q36a
q36a. likelihood of response: request assistance
q36b
q36b. likelihood of response: reporting teacher misconduct
q36c
q36c. likelihood of response: reporting corruption
q37a
q37a. trust president
q37b
q37b. trust parliament/national assembly
q37c
q37c. trust national electoral commission
q37d
q37d. trust your elected local government council
q37e
q37e. trust the ruling party
q37f
q37f. trust opposition political parties
q37g
q37g. trust police
q37h
q37h. trust army
q37i
q37i. trust courts of law
q37j
q37j. trust traditional leaders
q37k
q37k. trust religious leaders
q38a
q38a. corruption: office of the presidency
q38b
q38b. corruption: members of parliament
q38c
q38c. corruption: civil servants
q38d
q38d. corruption: local government councillors
q38e
q38e. corruption: police
q38f
q38f. corruption: judges and magistrates
q38g
q38g. corruption: tax officials
q38h
q38h. corruption: traditional leaders
q38i
q38i. corruption: religious leaders
q38j
q38j. corruption: business executives
q38k
q38k. corruption: non-governmental organizations
q39a
q39a. level of corruption
q39b
q39b. ordinary people can report corruption without fear
q40a
q40a. contact with public school
q40b
q40b. difficulty to obtain public school services
q40c
q40c. pay bribe for public school services
q40d
q40d. felt respected by teachers, school officials
q41a
q41a. contact with public clinic or hospital
q41b
q41b. difficulty to obtain medical care
q41c
q41c. pay bribe for medical care
q41d
q41d. felt respected by clinic/hospital staff
q41e
q41e. problems with public clinic: lack of medicine/supplies
q41f
q41f. problems with public clinic: medical personnel
q41g
q41g. problems with public clinic: long waiting time
q41h
q41h. problems with public clinic: poor condition of facilities
q42a
q42a. tried to obtain identity document
q42b
q42b. difficulty to obtain identity document
q42c
q42c. pay bribe for identity document
q42d
q42d. felt respected by govt officials when obtaining documents
q43a
q43a. requested assistance from the police
q43b
q43b. difficulty to obtain police assistance
q43c
q43c. pay bribe to receive police assistance
q43d
q43d. contact with police in other situations
q43e
q43e. pay bribe to avoid problem with police
q44a
q44a: how often: police professional and respect rights
q44b
q44b: how often: police unnecessarily stop drivers
q44c
q44c: how often: police use excessive force during protests
q44d
q44d: how often: police use excessive force with criminals
q44e
q44e: how often: police engage in criminal activities
q45pt1
q45pt1. most important problems - 1st response
q45pt1other
q45pt1other. mip - 1st response (verbatim other)
q45pt2
q45pt2. most important problems - 2nd response
q45pt2other
q45pt2other. mip - 2nd response (verbatim other)
q45pt3
q45pt3. most important problems - 3rd response
q45pt3other
q45pt3other. mip - 3rd response (verbatim other)
q46a
q46a. handling managing the economy
q46b
q46b. handling improving living standards of the poor
q46c
q46c. handling creating jobs
q46d
q46d. handling keeping prices stable
q46e
q46e. handling narrowing income gaps
q46f
q46f. handling reducing crime
q46g
q46g. handling improving basic health services
q46h
q46h. handling addressing educational needs
q46i
q46i. handling providing water and sanitation services
q46j
q46j. handling fighting corruption
q46k
q46k. handling maintaining roads and bridges
q46l
q46l. handling providing a reliable supply of electricity
q46m
q46m. handling preventing or resolving violent conflict
Total: 200
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