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Afrobarometer Survey 2011, Round 5

South Africa, 2011
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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: saf_r5_data_july_2015

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Valid: 2399
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 9
Format: Numeric

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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 Government narrows the gap between the rich and the poor 612
25.5%
2 People choose government leaders in free and fair elections 794
33.1%
3 Government does not waste any public money 386
16.1%
4 People are free to express their political views openly 389
16.2%
8 None of these 169
7%
9 Don't know 49
2%
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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