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Afrobarometer Survey 2011, Round 5

South Africa, 2011
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ZAF_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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Q45. Essential characteristics of democracy: law and order, job, etc (Q45)

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
45. And here is another list. Which one of these things would you choose as the most essential characteristic of democracy?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Government ensures law and order 515
21.5%
2 Media is free to criticize the things government does 413
17.2%
3 Government ensures job opportunities for all 924
38.5%
4 Multiple parties compete fairly in elections 349
14.5%
8 None of these 143
6%
9 Don't know 55
2.3%
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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