Afrobarometer Survey 2014-2015, Merged Round 6 Data (36 Countries)
Burundi, Benin, Burkina Faso, Botswana, Cameroon, Algeria, Egypt, Arab Rep., Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, K, 2014 - 2015
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AFR_2016_AFB-MR6_v01_M
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Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD, Ghana), Institute for Justice and Reconciliation in South Africa (IJR, South Africa), Institute for Empirical Research in Political Economy (IREEP, Benin), Institute for Development Studies (IDS, Kenya), Michigan State University (MSU, United States),
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Q21. Voting in the most recent national election (Q21)
Data file: merged_r6_data_2016_36countries2_12
Overview
Valid:
53935
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
-1
Maximum:
99
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
388
End:
389
Width:
2
Range:
-1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
21. Understanding that some people were unable to vote in the most recent national election, which of the following statements is true for you?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Missing | 14 |
0%
|
| 0 | You were not registered to vote | 3446 |
6.4%
|
| 1 | You voted in the elections | 35774 |
66.3%
|
| 2 | You decided not to vote | 3773 |
7%
|
| 3 | You could not find the polling station | 501 |
0.9%
|
| 4 | You were prevented from voting | 476 |
0.9%
|
| 5 | You did not have time to vote | 1514 |
2.8%
|
| 6 | You did not vote because your name not in the register | 864 |
1.6%
|
| 7 | Did not vote for some other reason | 2440 |
4.5%
|
| 8 | You were too young to vote | 3549 |
6.6%
|
| 9 | Don't Know / Can't remember | 384 |
0.7%
|
| 98 | Refused | 0 |
0%
|
| 99 | Not Asked in this Country | 1200 |
2.2%
|
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.