Afrobarometer Survey 2011, Round 5
South Africa, 2011
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Q77. Why avoid paying taxes (Q77)
Data file: saf_r5_data_july_2015
Overview
Valid:
2399
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
4
Range:
0 - 9999
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
77. What do you think is the main reason that some people avoid paying government the taxes and fees that they owe?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | People don’t avoid paying | 208 |
8.7%
|
| 1 | The tax system is unfair | 183 |
7.6%
|
| 2 | The taxes are too high | 515 |
21.5%
|
| 3 | People cannot afford to pay | 647 |
27%
|
| 4 | The poor services they receive from government | 276 |
11.5%
|
| 5 | Government does not listen to them | 85 |
3.5%
|
| 6 | Government wastes tax money | 197 |
8.2%
|
| 7 | Government officials steal tax money | 76 |
3.2%
|
| 8 | They know they will not be caught | 31 |
1.3%
|
| 9 | Greed / selfishness | 0 |
0%
|
| 10 | Ignorance, don't know how to pay or don't understand need to | 9 |
0.4%
|
| 9995 | Other | 5 |
0.2%
|
| 9999 | Don’t know | 167 |
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.