Afrobarometer Survey 2011, Round 5
South Africa, 2011
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Q33. Government gets things done but no citizen influence vs Govt. accountable to citizens (Q33)
Data file: saf_r5_data_july_2015
Overview
Valid:
2399
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
1
Range:
-1 - 998
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
33. Which of the following statements is closest to your view? Choose Statement 1 or Statement 2.
Statement 1: It is more important to have a government that can get things done, even if we have no influence over what it does.
Statement 2: It is more important for citizens to be able to hold government accountable, even if that means it makes decisions more slowly.
Statement 1: It is more important to have a government that can get things done, even if we have no influence over what it does.
Statement 2: It is more important for citizens to be able to hold government accountable, even if that means it makes decisions more slowly.
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Missing | 0 |
0%
|
| 1 | Agree very strongly with 1 | 483 |
20.1%
|
| 2 | Agree with 1 | 718 |
29.9%
|
| 3 | Agree with 2 | 724 |
30.2%
|
| 4 | Agree very strongly with 2 | 363 |
15.1%
|
| 5 | Agree with neither | 88 |
3.7%
|
| 9 | Don't know | 23 |
1%
|
| 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.
Interviewer instructions
Probe for strength of opinion: Do you agree or agree very strongly?