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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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Q53. How effective the news media reveals government mistakes and corruption (Q53)

Data file: saf_r5_data_july_2015

Overview

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

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Literal question
53. In this country, how effective is the news media in revealing government mistakes and corruption?
Categories
Value Category Cases
0 Not at all effective 84
3.5%
1 Not very effective 293
12.2%
2 Somewhat effective 1021
42.6%
3 Very effective 936
39%
9 Don't know 65
2.7%
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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