Afrobarometer Survey 2005, Round 3

South Africa, 2005

Reference ID

ZAF_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: saf-r3_data_0.sav

Overview

Valid: 2400

Invalid: -

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 3

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 270

End: 271

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	1764	73.5%
2	Required local language translation	374	15.6%
3	Did not understand either	262	10.9%

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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