Afrobarometer Survey 2011, Round 5
South Africa, 2011
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Q20. Newspapers free to publish vs. government closes (Q20)
Data file: saf_r5_data_july_2015
Overview
Valid:
2399
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
3
Range:
-1 - 998
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
Lets talk for a moment about the kind of society you would like to have in this country.
20. Which of the following statements is closest to your view? Choose Statement 1 or Statement 2.
Statement 1: The media should have the right to publish any views and ideas without government control.
Statement 2: The government should have the right to prevent the media from publishing things that it considers harmful to society.
20. Which of the following statements is closest to your view? Choose Statement 1 or Statement 2.
Statement 1: The media should have the right to publish any views and ideas without government control.
Statement 2: The government should have the right to prevent the media from publishing things that it considers harmful to society.
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Missing | 0 |
0%
|
| 1 | Agree very strongly with 1 | 644 |
26.8%
|
| 2 | Agree with 1 | 856 |
35.7%
|
| 3 | Agree with 2 | 463 |
19.3%
|
| 4 | Agree very strongly with 2 | 311 |
13%
|
| 5 | Agree with neither | 84 |
3.5%
|
| 9 | Don`t know | 41 |
1.7%
|
| 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.