Afrobarometer Survey 2005, Round 3

Lesotho, 2005

Reference ID

LSO_2005_AFB-R3_v01_M

Producer(s)

The Institute for Democracy in South Africa (IDASA), Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), Michigan State University (MSU)

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Q34. Understand democracy (Q34)

Data file: les_r3_data.sav

Overview

Valid: 1161

Invalid: -

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 3

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 235

End: 236

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 3

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

34. What, if anything, does “democracy” mean to you?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
-1	Missing data	0	0%
1	Understood "democracy" in English	881	75.9%
2	Required local language translation	61	5.3%
3	Did not understand either	219	18.9%

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 state the word “democracy” in English. Only translate into local language if respondent does not understand word “democracy.” Record whether respondent understood English word or required a local language translation

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