Afrobarometer Survey 2008, Round 4
South Africa, 2008
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Q32. Political parties divisive vs. many parties needed (Q32)
Data file: saf_r4_data.sav
Overview
Valid:
2400
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
9
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
309
End:
311
Width:
3
Range:
1 - 9
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
32, Which of the following statements is closest to your view? Choose Statement 1 or Statement 2.
Statement 1: Political parties create division and confusion; it is therefore unnecessary to have many political parties in South Africa.
Statement 2: Many political parties are needed to make sure that South Africans have real choices in who governs them.
Statement 1: Political parties create division and confusion; it is therefore unnecessary to have many political parties in South Africa.
Statement 2: Many political parties are needed to make sure that South Africans have real choices in who governs them.
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Missing | 0 |
0%
|
| 1 | Agree very strongly with 1 | 296 |
12.3%
|
| 2 | Agree with 1 | 411 |
17.1%
|
| 3 | Agree with 2 | 775 |
32.3%
|
| 4 | Agree very strongly with 2 | 758 |
31.6%
|
| 5 | Agree with neither | 86 |
3.6%
|
| 9 | Don't know | 74 |
3.1%
|
| 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.