Afrobarometer Survey 2011, Round 5
South Africa, 2011
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Q21. Government like a parent vs. an employee (Q21)
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.
21. Which of the following statements is closest to your view? Choose Statement 1 or Statement 2.
Statement 1: The government is like a parent. It should decide what is good for us.
Statement 2: The government is like our employee. We are the bosses and should tell government what to do.
21. Which of the following statements is closest to your view? Choose Statement 1 or Statement 2.
Statement 1: The government is like a parent. It should decide what is good for us.
Statement 2: The government is like our employee. We are the bosses and should tell government what to do.
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Missing | 0 |
0%
|
| 1 | Agree very strongly with 1 | 298 |
12.4%
|
| 2 | Agree with 1 | 473 |
19.7%
|
| 3 | Agree with 2 | 733 |
30.6%
|
| 4 | Agree very strongly with 2 | 742 |
30.9%
|
| 5 | Agree with neither | 112 |
4.7%
|
| 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.