Afrobarometer Survey 2003, Round 2
Malawi, 2003
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Q30. Choose leaders through elections vs. other methods (q30)
Data file: mlw_r2_data.sav
Overview
Valid:
1200
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
9
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
248
End:
249
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 9
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Question pretext
If response to Q29 was2-6 = not registered, circle Code 7. If response to Q29 was that they were registered to vote (code 1) or “don’t know / Can’t remember (code 9) , ask
Literal question
30. Let’s change the subject. I would like to hear your views about how this country is governed. Which of the following statements is closest to your view? Choose Statement A or Statement B.
A: We should choose our leaders in this country through regular, open and honest elections.
B: Since elections sometimes produce bad results, we should adopt other methods for choosing this country’s leaders.
A: We should choose our leaders in this country through regular, open and honest elections.
B: Since elections sometimes produce bad results, we should adopt other methods for choosing this country’s leaders.
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Missing | 0 |
0%
|
| 1 | Agree very strongly with A | 787 |
65.6%
|
| 2 | Agree with A | 151 |
12.6%
|
| 3 | Agree with B | 73 |
6.1%
|
| 4 | Agree very strongly with B | 162 |
13.5%
|
| 5 | Agree with neither | 16 |
1.3%
|
| 9 | Don't know | 11 |
0.9%
|
| 98 | 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.