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Afrobarometer Survey 1999, Round 1

Botswana, 1999
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BWA_1999_AFB-R1_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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Most important problems to be addressed by govt. (Q50A)

Data file: bot_r1_data.sav

Overview

Valid: 1200
Invalid: -
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 999
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 2
Start: 532
End: 537
Width: 6
Range: 1 - 999
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
50A. What are the most important problems facing this country that the government should address? Which of these is most important? Place 1 next to most important problem.
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Apartheid 7
0.6%
2 Abuse 1
0.1%
3 Affirmative action 2
0.2%
4 Affirmative action ( too much ) 1
0.1%
5 AIDS 139
11.6%
6 Bursaries 0
0%
7 Child Welfare 4
0.3%
8 Child abuse 1
0.1%
9 Crime 37
3.1%
10 Corruption 9
0.8%
11 Corruption in govt 0
0%
12 Civil war 1
0.1%
13 Death sentence should be returned 0
0%
14 Death rate too high 2
0.2%
15 Discrimination 1
0.1%
16 Disputes between political parties 1
0.1%
17 Diseases 4
0.3%
18 Drought 79
6.6%
19 Drought relief 7
0.6%
20 Development 16
1.3%
21 Development of rural areas 8
0.7%
22 Drugs/alcohol 0
0%
23 Democracy 2
0.2%
24 Donor fund mismanagement 1
0.1%
25 Don't know 31
2.6%
26 Economy 9
0.8%
27 Economic stabilisation 1
0.1%
28 Education (equality) 3
0.3%
29 Education (too expensive) 1
0.1%
30 Education (poor quality) 16
1.3%
31 Education (quality of schools) 9
0.8%
32 Education (shortage of schools) 22
1.8%
33 Educational facilities 7
0.6%
34 Environment 0
0%
35 Elections 5
0.4%
36 Electricity 1
0.1%
37 Electricity (need more) 2
0.2%
38 Equality 1
0.1%
39 Equal dev for all areas 3
0.3%
40 Financial problems 1
0.1%
41 Financial future 0
0%
42 Funding indigenous business 4
0.3%
43 Foreign investment 0
0%
44 Food supply 0
0%
45 Government 4
0.3%
46 Govt responsibility 4
0.3%
47 Govt spending 1
0.1%
48 Govt unresponsive 0
0%
49 Govt does not communicate 1
0.1%
50 Housing 1
0.1%
51 Housing (poor quality) 0
0%
52 Housing ( shortage) 3
0.3%
53 Health 9
0.8%
54 Health (medical supplies) 4
0.3%
55 Health services (too expensive) 1
0.1%
56 Health services (poor quality) 13
1.1%
57 Health services (shortage) 4
0.3%
58 Health services in rural areas 0
0%
59 Hawkers/street vendors 0
0%
60 Intimidation 0
0%
61 Infrastructure 3
0.3%
62 Immigration 2
0.2%
63 Investments 3
0.3%
64 Job creation 49
4.1%
65 Labour laws 6
0.5%
66 Lack of unity among people 1
0.1%
67 Lack of self-help projects 1
0.1%
68 Lack of money for school fees 0
0%
69 Murder 1
0.1%
70 Nepotism 0
0%
71 Nothing 7
0.6%
72 Oppression 1
0.1%
73 Poverty 91
7.6%
74 Prices too high 0
0%
75 Protection of property owners 0
0%
76 Population explosion 1
0.1%
77 Policing 0
0%
78 Political tension 1
0.1%
79 Political unrest 0
0%
80 Pensions 1
0.1%
81 Pensions need to be increased 3
0.3%
82 Rape 1
0.1%
83 Racism 0
0%
84 Rights 0
0%
85 Roads 1
0.1%
86 Roads (poor quality) 1
0.1%
87 Roads (need more) 0
0%
88 Recreational facilities 2
0.2%
89 RDP 0
0%
90 Riots 0
0%
91 Security 1
0.1%
92 Squatting/squattors 0
0%
93 Strikes 0
0%
94 Services (water & electricity) 2
0.2%
95 Services (lack of) 0
0%
96 Services (poor quality) 0
0%
97 Services (too expensive) 1
0.1%
98 Starvation 4
0.3%
99 Sewerage 4
0.3%
100 Standard of living 16
1.3%
101 Theft 2
0.2%
102 Taxes 0
0%
103 Taxes too high 0
0%
104 Toilets/sanitation 0
0%
105 Transport 0
0%
106 Teenage pregnancies 14
1.2%
107 Tribalism 1
0.1%
108 Unemployment 390
32.5%
109 Violence 2
0.2%
110 Vandalism 0
0%
111 Wages too high 2
0.2%
112 Wages too low 10
0.8%
113 Water (not enough) 5
0.4%
114 Water (provide more) 1
0.1%
115 Water (poor quality) 1
0.1%
116 Welfare 2
0.2%
117 Children should follow tradition 1
0.1%
118 Crop failure 4
0.3%
119 Devaluation of currency 0
0%
120 Care of Elderly 7
0.6%
121 Free & fair council elections 0
0%
122 Food prices should be low 1
0.1%
123 Food shortage 1
0.1%
124 Economic policy failure 1
0.1%
125 Health clinics to be provided 1
0.1%
126 Inflation high 1
0.1%
127 Lack of loans 0
0%
128 Too many leaders 0
0%
129 Suffering 1
0.1%
130 Transport prices too high 0
0%
131 Wealth being lost rapidly 0
0%
132 Voter education 1
0.1%
133 Telecommunications 1
0.1%
134 Street lights 2
0.2%
135 Sports problems 3
0.3%
136 Street children 1
0.1%
137 Implementation of gov policies 4
0.3%
138 Immigrants 1
0.1%
139 Govt favours foreigners 2
0.2%
140 Poor gov administration 4
0.3%
141 Nuclear weapons 6
0.5%
142 School dropouts 2
0.2%
143 Use of prisoners for labour 0
0%
144 Reduce income disparity 2
0.2%
145 Road accidents 1
0.1%
146 Assist Disabled 1
0.1%
147 Assist Orphans 6
0.5%
148 Water / electricity 1
0.1%
149 Reduce school fees 0
0%
150 Strengthen Democracy 0
0%
151 Home-affairs 0
0%
152 Farmworkers benefits 2
0.2%
153 Govt assistance 4
0.3%
154 Leaders must take responsibility 2
0.2%
155 Training of police officers 0
0%
156 Homosexual issues 0
0%
157 More links between gov and people 1
0.1%
158 Protection against wild animals 1
0.1%
159 Nature conservation 0
0%
160 Better qualified teachers 0
0%
161 Traditional leaders 0
0%
162 Army training 0
0%
999 Missing 16
1.3%
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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