Afrobarometer Survey 2008, Round 4
Malawi, 2008
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Q56pt1. Most important problems - 1st response (Q56PT1)
Data file: mlw_r4_data.sav
Overview
Valid:
1200
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
0
Maximum:
999
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
500
End:
502
Width:
3
Range:
0 - 999
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
56. In your opinion, what are the most important problems facing this country that government should address? 1st response
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Missing | 0 |
0%
|
| 0 | Nothing/No problems | 5 |
0.4%
|
| 1 | Management of economy | 60 |
5%
|
| 2 | Wages, incomes and salaries | 34 |
2.8%
|
| 3 | Unemployment | 28 |
2.3%
|
| 4 | Poverty/ destitution | 90 |
7.5%
|
| 5 | Rates and taxes | 8 |
0.7%
|
| 6 | Loans/ credit | 11 |
0.9%
|
| 7 | Farming/ agriculture | 147 |
12.3%
|
| 8 | Food shortage/ famine | 452 |
37.7%
|
| 9 | Drought | 13 |
1.1%
|
| 10 | Land | 2 |
0.2%
|
| 11 | Transportation | 6 |
0.5%
|
| 12 | Communications | 3 |
0.3%
|
| 13 | Infrastructure/ roads | 58 |
4.8%
|
| 14 | Education | 15 |
1.3%
|
| 15 | Housing | 3 |
0.3%
|
| 16 | Electricity | 5 |
0.4%
|
| 17 | Water supply | 127 |
10.6%
|
| 18 | Orphans/ street children/ homeless | 4 |
0.3%
|
| 19 | Services (other) | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 20 | Health | 30 |
2.5%
|
| 21 | AIDS | 7 |
0.6%
|
| 22 | Sickness/ disease | 2 |
0.2%
|
| 23 | Crime and security | 18 |
1.5%
|
| 24 | Corruption | 30 |
2.5%
|
| 25 | Political violence | 2 |
0.2%
|
| 26 | Political instability/ ethnic tensions | 15 |
1.3%
|
| 27 | Discrimination/ inequality | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 28 | Gender issues/ women's rights | 0 |
0%
|
| 29 | Democracy/ political rights | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 30 | War (international) | 0 |
0%
|
| 31 | Civil war | 0 |
0%
|
| 32 | Agricultural marketing | 7 |
0.6%
|
| 995 | Other | 2 |
0.2%
|
| 998 | Refused to answer | 0 |
0%
|
| 999 | Don't know | 13 |
1.1%
|
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
Accept up to three answers. If respondent offers more than three options, ask “Which three of these are the most important?”; if respondent offers one or two answers, ask “Anything else?”