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Afrobarometer Survey 2011, Round 5

Kenya, 2011 - 2012
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KEN_2011_AFB-R5_v01_M
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The Institute for Democracy in South Africa (IDASA), Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), Michigan State University (MSU)
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Q44. Essential characteristics of democracy: equality, fair election, etc. (Q44)

Data file: ken_r5_data_july_2015

Overview

Valid: 2399
Invalid: -
Minimum: -1
Maximum: 9
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 416
End: 418
Width: 3
Range: -1 - 9
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
44. Many things may be desirable, but not all of them are essential characteristics of democracy. If you have to choose only one of the things that I am going to read, which one would you choose as the most essential characteristic of democracy?
Categories
Value Category Cases
-1 Missing 1
0%
1 Government narrows the gap between the rich and the poor 530
22.1%
2 People choose government leaders in free and fair elections 739
30.8%
3 Government does not waste any public money 252
10.5%
4 People are free to express their political views openly 562
23.4%
8 None of these 58
2.4%
9 Don't know 257
10.7%
998 Refused 0
0%
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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