Afrobarometer South Africa 2004

South Africa, 2004

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ZAF_2004_AFB-SA_v01_M

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Robert Mattes

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q26. government close newspapers vs. free to publish (q26)

Data file: Afrobarometer 2

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 8

Range: -

Format:

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Literal question

q26. Which of the following statements is closest to your view? Choose Statement A or Statement B.
A: Government should close newspapers that print false stories or misinformation.
B: The news media should be free to publish any story that they see fit without fear of being shut down.

Categories

Value	Category
-1	missing
1	agree very strongly with a
2	agree with a
3	agree with b
4	agree very strongly with b
5	agree with neither
9	don't know
98	refused

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.

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