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Afrobarometer Survey 2020
Round 8

Liberia, 2020
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LBR_2020_AFB-R8_v01_M
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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, South Africa)
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Data file: afrobarometer_release-dataset_lib_r8_en_2023-03-01.sav

Afrobarometer round 8 survey data.

Cases: 1200
Variables: 384

Variables

RESPNO
Respondent number
URBRUR
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. Cell 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_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 7
NOCALL_8
Reason for Unsuccessful Call Household 8
THISINT
This interview, gender
ADULT_CT
Number of adults in household
CALLS
Number of calls
DATEINTR
Date of interview
STRTIME
Q1
Q1. Age
Q2
Q2. Language spoken in home
Q3
Q3. Overall direction of the country
Q4A
Q4a. Country’s present economic condition
Q4B
Q4b. Your present living conditions
Q5
Q5. Treated unfairly by government based on economic status
Q6A
Q6a. Country’s economic condition compared to 12 months ago
Q6B
Q6b. Country’s economic condition in 12 months’ time
Q7A
Q7a. How often gone without food
Q7B
Q7b. How often gone without water
Q7C
Q7c. How often gone without medical care
Q7D
Q7d. How often gone without cooking fuel
Q7E
Q7e. How often gone without cash income
Q8A
Q8a. How often felt unsafe walking in neighbourhood
Q8B
Q8b. How often feared crime in home
Q9
Q9. Discuss politics
Q10A
Q10a. Freedom to say what you think
Q10B
Q10b. Freedom to join political organization
Q10C
Q10c. Freedom to choose who to vote for without pressure
Q11A
Q11a. Attend a community meeting
Q11B
Q11b. Join others to raise an issue
Q11C
Q11c. Attend a demonstration or protest march
Q12B
Q12b. Contact MP
Q12C
Q12c. Contact political party official
Q12D
Q12d. Contact traditional leader
Q12E_LIB
Q12e-lib. Contact a senator
Q12F_LIB
Q12f-lib. Contact a county superintendent
Q13
Q13. Voting in the most recent national election
Q14
Q14. Freeness and fairness of the last national election
Q15A
Q15a. Last national election: attend a campaign rally
Q15B
Q15b. Last national election: work for a candidate or party
Q15C
Q15c. Last national election: contacted by representative of political party
Q15D_1
Q15d. Which parties contacted? 1st response
Q15D_2
Q15d. Which parties contacted? 2nd response
Q15D_3
Q15d. Which parties contacted? 3rd response
Q15D_4
Q15d. Which parties contacted? 4th response
Q15D_5
Q15d. Which parties contacted? 5th response
Q15D_6
Q15d. Which parties contacted? 6th response
Q15DOTHER
Q15d. Which parties contacted? Other (verbatim)
Q16A
Q16a. Last national election: media provided fair coverage of candidates
Q16B
Q16b. Last national election: candidate or political party offer food, gift or money for vote
Q17A
Q17a. Last national election: votes not accurately counted
Q17B
Q17b. Last national election: people voted more than once
Q17C
Q17c. Last national election: powerful people find out vote
Q17D
Q17d. Last national election: fear political intimidation or violence
Q18A
Q18a. Last national election: police or soldiers assist people to cast ballot
Q18B
Q18b. Last national election: security forces or political party intimidated voters
Q18C
Q18c. Last national election: announced results reflect counted results
Q19A
Q19a. Government bans organizations vs. join any
Q19B
Q19b. Newspapers free to publish vs. government control
Q20A
Q20a. Reject one-party rule
Q20B
Q20b. Reject military rule
Q20C
Q20c. Reject one-man rule
Q21
Q21. Support for democracy
Q22
Q22. Govt gets things done vs. Govt accountable to citizens
Q23
Q23. Listen to wisdom of elders vs fresh ideas from young people
Q24
Q24. Choose leaders through elections vs. other methods
Q25
Q25. Political parties divisive vs. many parties needed
Q28
Q28. Experts needed for important decisions vs elected know best
Q29
Q29. President monitored by parliament vs. free to act on own
Q30
Q30. President free to act vs. obey the laws and courts
Q32
Q32. Elected do whatever the people want vs bound by laws
Q33
Q33. Media checks government vs. avoid negative reporting
Q34
Q34. Presidential two term limit vs. no term limits
Q35A
Q35a. Minimum age for presidential candidates needed
Q35B
Q35b. Minimum age for presidential candidates
Q35C
Q35c. Maximum age for presidential candidates needed
Q35D
Q35d. Maximum age for presidential candidates
Q36
Q36. Extent of democracy
Q37
Q37. Satisfaction with democracy
Q38A
Q38a. MPs listen
Q38A1_LIB
Q38a1-lib. Senators listen
Q38B
Q38b. Local government councillors listen
Q38C
Q38c. Traditional leaders listen
Q39A
Q39a. People must pay taxes
Q39B
Q39b. Government information for official use only
Q40A
Q40a. How often party competition leads to conflict
Q40B
Q40b. How often president ignores laws
Q40C
Q40c. How often president ignores parliament
Q40D
Q40d. How often careful what you say
Q40E
Q40e. How often people treated unequally
Q40F
Q40f. How often officials unpunished
Q40G
Q40g. How often ordinary people unpunished
Q41A
Q41a. Trust president
Q41B
Q41b. Trust parliament/national assembly
Q41B1_LIB
Q41b1-lib. Trust senate
Q41C
Q41c. Trust Electoral Commission
Q41D
Q41d. Trust your elected local government council
Q41E
Q41e. Trust the ruling party
Q41F
Q41f. Trust opposition political parties
Q41G
Q41g. Trust police
Q41H
Q41h. Trust army
Q41I
Q41i. Trust courts of law
Q41J
Q41j. The tax/ revenue office
Q41K
Q41k. Trust traditional leaders
Q41L
Q41l. Trust religious leaders
Q41M_LIB
Q41m-lib. Trust county superintendents
Q42A
Q42a. Corruption: office of the Presidency
Q42B
Q42b. Corruption: Members of Parliament
Q42B1_LIB
Q42b1-lib. Corruption: Senators
Q42C
Q42c. Corruption: Civil servants
Q42D
Q42d. Corruption: local government councillors
Q42E
Q42e. Corruption: Police
Q42F
Q42f. Corruption: Judges and Magistrates
Q42G
Q42g. Corruption: Tax officials
Q42H
Q42h. Corruption:Traditional leaders
Q42I
Q42i. Corruption: Religious leaders
Q42J_LIB
Q42j-lib. Corruption: County superintendents
Q43A
Q43a. Level of corruption
Q43B
Q43b. Ordinary people can report corruption without fear
Q44A
Q44a. Contact with public school
Q44B
Q44b. Difficulty to obtain public school services
Q44C
Q44c. Pay bribe for public school services
Q44D
Q44d. Contact with public clinic or hospital
Q44E
Q44e. Difficulty to obtain medical care
Q44F
Q44f. Pay bribe for medical care
Q44G
Q44g. Tried to obtain identity document
Q44H
Q44h. Difficulty to obtain identity document
Q44I
Q44i. Pay bribe for identity document
Q44J
Q44j. Requested assistance from the police
Q44K
Q44k. Difficulty to obtain police assistance
Q44L
Q44l. Pay bribe to receive police assistance
Q44M
Q44m. Contact with police in other situations
Q44N
Q44n. Pay bribe to avoid problem with police
Q45
Q45. Higher taxes with more govt services vs. lower taxes with fewer govt services
Q46A
Q46a. Difficulty finding out what taxes or fees to pay
Q46B
Q46b. Difficulty finding out how government uses tax revenues
Q46C
Q46c. Amount ordinary people taxed too much
Q46D
Q46d. Amount rich people taxed too much
Q47B
Q47b. Fairness of high taxes for the rich to help the poor
Q47C
Q47c. Taxes used by government for the well-being of citizens
Q47D
Q47d. People avoid paying taxes
Q48PT1
Q48pt1. Most important problems - 1st response
Q48PT1OTHER
Q48pt1other. MIP - 1st response (verbatim other)
Q48PT2
Q48pt2. Most important problems - 2nd response
Q48PT2OTHER
Q48pt2other. MIP - 2nd response (verbatim other)
Q48PT3
Q48pt3. Most important problems - 3rd response
Q48PT3OTHER
Q48pt3other. MIP - 3rd response (verbatim other)
Q49A
Q49a. More taxes to support youth programs
Q49B
Q49b. Priorities for government investment in youth programs
Q50A
Q50a. Handling managing the economy
Q50B
Q50b. Handling improving living standards of the poor
Q50C
Q50c. Handling creating jobs
Q50D
Q50d. Handling keeping prices stable
Q50E
Q50e. Handling narrowing gaps between rich and poor
Q50F
Q50f. Handling reducing crime
Q50G
Q50g. Handling improving basic health services
Q50H
Q50h. Handling addressing educational needs
Q50I
Q50i. Handling providing water and sanitation services
Q50J
Q50j. Handling fighting corruption in government
Q50K
Q50k. Handling maintaining roads and bridges
Q50L
Q50l. Handling providing a reliable supply of electricity
Q50M
Q50m. Handling preventing or resolving violent conflict
Q50N
Q50n. Handling addressing the needs of young people
Q50O
Q50o. Handling protecting rights, promoting opportunities for disabled
Q51A
Q51a. Performance: President
Q51B
Q51b. Performance: MP/National Assembly rep
Q51B1_LIB
Q51b1-lib. Performance: Your Senator
Q51D
Q51d. Performance: traditional leader
Q51E_LIB
Q51e-lib. Performance: Your county superintendent
Q52A
Q52a. Who responsible: MPs do jobs
Q52A1_LIB
Q52a1-lib. Who responsible: MPs do jobs
Q52B
Q52b. Who responsible: president does job
Q53A1_LIB
Q53a1-lib. Who responsible: president does job
Q53B
Q53b. Elections ensure voters remove unrepresentitive leaders
Q53C
Q53c. Communities suffer when not voting for ruling party
Q54A
Q54a. Feared violence in neighbourhood
Q54B
Q54b. Feared violence during public protest
Q55A
Q55a. Radio news
Q55B
Q55b. Television news
Q55C
Q55c. Newspaper news
Q55D
Q55d. Internet news
Q55E
Q55e. Social media news
Q56
Q56. News media free of censorship by the government
Q57A
Q57a. Spread false information: government officials
Q57B
Q57b. Spread false information: politicians and political parties
Q57C
Q57c. Spread false information: news media and journalists
Q57D
Q57d. Spread false information: social media users
Q58A
Q58a. Government prohibits: news or information that is false
Q58B
Q58b. Government prohibits: news, information, opinions that it disapproves of
Q58C
Q58c. Government prohibits: news, information, opinions that criticize, insult the president
Q58D
Q58d. Government prohibits: hate speech
Q59A
Q59a. Heard about social media
Q59B
Q59b. Social media: makes people more informed about current events
Q59C
Q59c. Social media:makes people more likely to believe false news
Q59D
Q59d. Social media:helps people have more impact on political processes
Q59E
Q59e. Social media: makes people more intolerant
Q59F
Q59f. Effects of social media on society
Q60
Q60. Unrestricted access to the Internet vs regulated access
Q61
Q61. Free movement in region vs limit cross-border movement
Q62
Q62. Difficulty to move across borders
Q63
Q63. Finance development from own resources vs use external loans
Q64A
Q64a. Loans tied to strict requirements by lenders vs government decides
Q64B
Q64b. Loans tied to promoting democracy, human rights vs government decides
Q65A
Q65a. Country receives loans or development assistance from China
Q65B
Q65b. Government required to repay China for loans
Q65C
Q65c. Government borrowed too much money from China
Q65D
Q65d. Requirements on loans and assistance from China
Q66
Q66. Open trade for development vs protect local producers
Q67
Q67. Limit trade in consumer goods to nationals vs allow foreigners to trade
Q68
Q68. Diverse communities stronger vs similar communities stronger
Q69A
Q69a. Best model for the future development
Q69AOTHER
Q69aother. Best model for the future development (verbatim)
Q69B
Q69b. Influence of China on country
Q70A
Q70a. Influence of organization: African Union
Q70B
Q70b. Influence of organization: ECOWAS
Q70C
Q70c. Influence of organization: United Nations agencies
Q70D1_LIB
Q70d. Influence of country: Japan
Q70E
Q70e. Influence of country: China
Q70F
Q70f. Influence of country: United States
Q70G
Q70g. Influence of country: Nigeria
Q70H
Q70h. Influence of country: Russia
Q71
Q71. Most important languages for next generation to learn
Q71OTHER
Q71other. Most important languages for next generation to learn (verbatim)
Q72A
Q72a. Heard about climate change
Q72B
Q72b. Climate change: affecting country
Q73
Q73. Free to move when public security threatened vs impose curfews
Q74
Q74. Government should monitor private communication vs right to privacy
Q75
Q75. Absolute freedom of religion vs government regulates what is said
Q76_LIB
Q76-lib. Govt permission needed to protest vs democratic right to protest
Q77A_LIB
Q77a-lib. Protests effectively influence leaders/policies
Q77B_LIB
Q77b-lib. Protests too disruptive and violent
Q77C_LIB
Q77c-lib. Protestors are peaceful/law-abiding
Q77D_LIB
Q77d-lib. Police use excessive force at protests
Q77E_LIB
Q77e-lib. Protest violence police/protestors fault
Q78A_LIB
Q78a-lib. County superintendents voted for vs appointed by president
Q78B_LIB
Q78b-lib. County should get share of revenue collected
Q78C_LIB
Q78c-lib. More county resources will lead to development and services
Q79A_LIB
Q79a-lib. Heard about December 2020 referendum
Q79B_LIB
Q79b-lib. Likelihood of voting in December 2020 referendum
Q80A_LIB
Q80a-lib. Constitution should allow dual citizenship
Q80B_LIB
Q80b-lib. Constitution should reduce president/vice president terms
Q80C_LIB
Q80c-lib. Constitution should reduce senate term
Q80D_LIB
Q80d-lib. Constitution should reduce house of representative term
Q80E_LIB
Q80e-lib. Constitution should change election month to November
Q81
Q81. Ethnic community, cultural group or tribe
Q82A
Q82a. Ethnic group treated unfairly
Q82B
Q82b. Ethnic or national identity
Q82C
Q82c. Comfortable speaking mother tongue in public
Q82D
Q82d. Comfortable wearing traditional, cultural dress in public
Q83
Q83. Most people can be trusted
Q84A
Q84a. Experienced unfair treatment based on economic status
Q84B
Q84b. Experienced unfair treatment based on religion
Q84C
Q84c. Experienced unfair treatment based on ethnicity
Q85
Q85. Unity of people in country
Q86A
Q86a. Neighbours: people of different religion
Q86B
Q86b. Neighbours: people of different ethnicity
Q86C
Q86c. Neighbours: homosexuals
Q86D
Q86d. Neighbours: immigrants and foreign workers
Q87A
Q87a. Influence of traditional leaders: governing your local community
Q87B
Q87b. Influence of traditional leaders: allocating land
Q87C
Q87c. Influence of traditional leaders: influence community vote
Q87D
Q87d. Influence of traditional leaders: solving local disputes
Q87E
Q87e. Traditional leaders: influence on governing local community
Q88
Q88. Whom do traditional leaders serve
Q89A
Q89a. Traditional leaders advise on vote vs stay out of politics
Q90
Q90. Traditional leaders bad for democracy
COV1
COV-1. Informed about COVID-19
COV2
COV-2. Became ill with COVID-19
COV3
COV-3. Lost income because of COVID-19
COV5
COV-5. Ease of compliance with COVID-19 lockdown/curfew
COV6
COV-6. Lockdown/curfew necessary to limit COVID-19 spread
COV8
COV-8. Support school closure due to COVID-19
COV9
COV-9. Length of COVID-19 school closure appropriate
Total: 384
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