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Afrobarometer Survey 2003, Round 2

Namibia, 2003
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NAM_2003_AFB-R2_v01_M
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The Institute for Democracy in South Africa (IDASA), Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), Michigan State University (MSU)
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Q5a. First meaning of "poor" (q5a)

Data file: nam_r2_data.sav

Overview

Valid: 1199
Invalid: -
Minimum: -1
Maximum: 999
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 79
End: 81
Width: 3
Range: -1 - 999
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
5. In your opinion, what does it mean to be “poor”?
A. First meaning of “poor”
Categories
Value Category Cases
-1 Missing data 1
0.1%
0 Nothing 0
0%
1 Lack of food 291
24.3%
2 Lack of shelter 90
7.5%
3 Lack of clothing 42
3.5%
4 Lack of money 189
15.8%
5 Low living standards 82
6.8%
6 Lack of social amenities 1
0.1%
7 Lack of education/knowledge 22
1.8%
8 Lack of employment/job 230
19.2%
9 Low levels of health 6
0.5%
10 Powerlessness 0
0%
11 Living in substandard neighborhood 2
0.2%
12 Any life-threatening situation 0
0%
13 No child/spouse/unable to marry a wife 30
2.5%
14 Comparison between self and others, inability to meet expect 0
0%
15 Lack of entertainment (newspaper,TV,Radio,Video) 0
0%
16 Psychological status/mental health 1
0.1%
17 Exploitive labor (e.g. child labor, prostitution, etc) 0
0%
18 Lack of agricultural inputs (land/fertilizers/seeds) 7
0.6%
19 Race (associates black with poverty) 1
0.1%
20 Laziness/person who won't work 8
0.7%
21 Lack of family/social support network 15
1.3%
22 Inability to meet obligations/family responsibilities 1
0.1%
23 Beggar/destitute 0
0%
24 Unreligious 1
0.1%
25 A farmer 0
0%
26 Poverty (undifferentiated/unspecified) 6
0.5%
27 No water 7
0.6%
28 No electricity 1
0.1%
29 No cattle or livestock 22
1.8%
30 No land 3
0.3%
31 No vehicle/car 13
1.1%
32 In debt 0
0%
33 To have too many children to support 2
0.2%
34 To be a single parent 0
0%
35 To be old/a pensioner 2
0.2%
36 To depend on or revert to crime 0
0%
37 To only live for today/live day-to-day/no future planning 3
0.3%
38 To depend on domestic work/manual labor 2
0.2%
39 To have to rely on others for help 21
1.8%
40 Low social status/no community standing 1
0.1%
41 Street children/living on the street 1
0.1%
42 To be an alcoholic or drug addict 1
0.1%
43 Unable to contribute to the country 0
0%
49 Drought, lack of rain 0
0%
50 Lack of everything/not having anything 44
3.7%
51 Handicapped 2
0.2%
52 Racism/Suffering from discrimination 0
0%
53 Without love or affection 0
0%
54 To be sad/misrable/poor of spirit/state of mind 5
0.4%
55 Lots of difficulties/problems/terrible or bad life 8
0.7%
56 Lack of opportunities/possibilities 1
0.1%
57 Lack of common sense 3
0.3%
58 Natural condition/something you're born to 0
0%
59 A national problem or condition 1
0.1%
60 Lack of assets, property or wealth 7
0.6%
61 Lack of school fees 5
0.4%
62 Insecurity/Lack of peace 1
0.1%
63 Being rural 0
0%
64 Income below a certain level 3
0.3%
65 Can't afford luxuries 2
0.2%
81 Orphan/to have no parents 4
0.3%
162 Rural women 0
0%
165 Lack of equipment for production 0
0%
170 Having misfortune, bad luck 0
0%
180 Lack of firewood 0
0%
181 Lack of businesses or markets 0
0%
995 Other 0
0%
998 Refused to answer 1
0.1%
999 Don't know 7
0.6%
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.
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