Afrobarometer Survey 2008, Round 4
Malawi, 2008
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Q42b. Extent of democracy: Vignette A (Q42B)
Data file: mlw_r4_data.sav
Overview
Valid:
1200
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
9
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
371
End:
373
Width:
3
Range:
1 - 9
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
42B. Angela lives in a country with many political parties and free elections. Everyone is free to speak their minds about politics and to vote for the party of their choice. Elections sometimes lead to a change of ruling party. In your opinion, how much of a democracy is Angela’s country?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Missing | 0 |
0%
|
| 1 | Not a democracy | 97 |
8.1%
|
| 2 | A democracy, with major problems | 157 |
13.1%
|
| 3 | A democracy, but with minor problems | 244 |
20.3%
|
| 4 | A full democracy | 566 |
47.2%
|
| 8 | Do not understand question/democracy | 48 |
4%
|
| 9 | Don't know | 88 |
7.3%
|
| 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.
Interviewer instructions
Read the question in the language of the interview, but always read “democracy” in English Translate “democracy” into local language only if respondent does not understand English term.