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Afrobarometer Survey 1999, Round 1

Zambia, 1999
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ZMB_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. (Q50B)

Data file: zam_r1_data.sav

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Valid: 1198
Invalid: -
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 999
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 2
Start: 534
End: 539
Width: 6
Range: 1 - 999
Format: Numeric

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Literal question
50B. What are the most important problems facing this country that the government should address?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Apartheid 1
0.1%
2 Abuse 0
0%
3 Affirmative action 0
0%
4 Affrirmative action ( too much ) 0
0%
5 AIDS 0
0%
6 Bursaries 0
0%
7 Child Welfare 0
0%
8 Child abuse 0
0%
9 Crime 12
1%
10 Corruption 7
0.6%
11 Corruption in govt 1
0.1%
12 Civil war 0
0%
13 Death sentence should be returned 0
0%
14 Death rate too high 1
0.1%
15 Discrimination 2
0.2%
16 Disputes between political parties 0
0%
17 Diseases 0
0%
18 Drought 0
0%
19 Drought relief 0
0%
20 Development 1
0.1%
21 Development of rural areas 3
0.3%
22 Drugs/alcohol 1
0.1%
23 Democracy 0
0%
24 Donor fund mismanagement 0
0%
25 Don't know 0
0%
26 Economy 7
0.6%
27 Economic stabilisation 1
0.1%
28 Education (equality) 2
0.2%
29 Education (too expensive) 26
2.2%
30 Education (poor quality) 15
1.3%
31 Education (quality of schools) 2
0.2%
32 Education (shortage of schools) 11
0.9%
33 Educational facilities 6
0.5%
34 Environment 0
0%
35 Elections 2
0.2%
36 Electricity 5
0.4%
37 Electricity (need more) 0
0%
38 Equality 1
0.1%
39 Equal dev for all areas 1
0.1%
40 Financial problems 4
0.3%
41 Financial future 1
0.1%
42 Funding indigenous business 2
0.2%
43 Foreign investment 1
0.1%
44 Food supply 7
0.6%
45 Government 1
0.1%
46 Govt responsibility 0
0%
47 Govt spending 0
0%
48 Govt unresponsive 0
0%
49 Govt does not communicate 0
0%
50 Housing 3
0.3%
51 Housing (poor quality) 1
0.1%
52 Housing ( shortage) 2
0.2%
53 Health 24
2%
54 Health (medical supplies) 27
2.3%
55 Health services (too expensive) 52
4.3%
56 Health services (poor quality) 42
3.5%
57 Health services (shortage) 46
3.8%
58 Health services in rural areas 7
0.6%
59 Hawkers/street vendors 0
0%
60 Intimidation 1
0.1%
61 Infrastructure 7
0.6%
62 Immigration 0
0%
63 Investments 0
0%
64 Job creation 59
4.9%
65 Labour laws 0
0%
66 Lack of unity among people 0
0%
67 Lack of self-help projects 2
0.2%
68 Lack of money for school fees 2
0.2%
69 Murder 1
0.1%
70 Nepotism 0
0%
71 Nothing/No problems 1
0.1%
72 Oppression 0
0%
73 Poverty 57
4.8%
74 Prices too high 22
1.8%
75 Protection of property owners 0
0%
76 Population explosion 2
0.2%
77 Policing 2
0.2%
78 Political tension 0
0%
79 Political unrest 0
0%
80 Pensions 0
0%
81 Pensions need to be increased 1
0.1%
82 Rape 0
0%
83 Racism 0
0%
84 Rights 0
0%
85 Roads 29
2.4%
86 Roads (poor quality) 29
2.4%
87 Roads (need more) 4
0.3%
88 Recreational facilities 0
0%
89 RDP 0
0%
90 Riots 0
0%
91 Security 3
0.3%
92 Squatting/squattors 0
0%
93 Strikes 0
0%
94 Services (water & electricity) 3
0.3%
95 Services (lack of) 1
0.1%
96 Services (poor quality) 0
0%
97 Services (too expensive) 2
0.2%
98 Starvation 6
0.5%
99 Sewerage 0
0%
100 Standard of living 11
0.9%
101 Theft 0
0%
102 Taxes 1
0.1%
103 Taxes too high 1
0.1%
104 Toilets/sanitation 6
0.5%
105 Transport 9
0.8%
106 Teenage pregnancies 0
0%
107 Tribalism 1
0.1%
108 Unemployment 56
4.7%
109 Violence 0
0%
110 Vandalism 0
0%
111 Wages too high 0
0%
112 Wages too low 12
1%
113 Water (not enough) 30
2.5%
114 Water (provide more) 11
0.9%
115 Water (poor quality) 5
0.4%
116 Welfare 1
0.1%
117 Children should follow tradition 0
0%
118 Crop failure 0
0%
119 Devaluation of currency 0
0%
120 Care of Elderly 0
0%
121 Free & fair council elections 0
0%
122 Food prices should be low 4
0.3%
123 Food shortage 1
0.1%
124 Economic policy failure 0
0%
125 Health clinics to be provided 6
0.5%
126 Inflation high 2
0.2%
127 Lack of loans 17
1.4%
128 Too many leaders 0
0%
129 Suffering 0
0%
130 Transport prices too high 4
0.3%
131 Wealth being lost rapidly 0
0%
132 Voter education 1
0.1%
133 Telecommunications 3
0.3%
134 Street lights 0
0%
135 Sports problems 2
0.2%
136 Street children 1
0.1%
137 Implementation of govt policies 1
0.1%
138 Immigrants 0
0%
139 Govt favours foreigners 0
0%
140 Poor govt administration 2
0.2%
141 Nuclear weapons 0
0%
142 School drop-outs 0
0%
143 Use of prisoners for labour 0
0%
144 Reduce income disparity 0
0%
145 Road accidents 0
0%
146 Assist disabled 0
0%
147 Assist orphans 3
0.3%
148 Water & electricity 1
0.1%
149 Reduce school fees 1
0.1%
150 Strengthen democracy 1
0.1%
151 Home affairs 0
0%
152 Farm workers benefits 0
0%
153 Govt assistance 2
0.2%
154 Leaders must take responsibility 1
0.1%
155 Training of police officers 0
0%
156 Homosexual issues 0
0%
157 More links between govt & people 2
0.2%
158 Protection against wild animals 1
0.1%
159 Nature conservation 0
0%
160 Better qualified teachers 2
0.2%
161 Traditional leaders 1
0.1%
162 Army training 0
0%
163 Promiscuity 0
0%
164 Fair land distribution 0
0%
165 DRC war 0
0%
166 5th brigade attocracies 0
0%
167 Irresponsible members of parliament 1
0.1%
168 Assistance for needy people 2
0.2%
169 Poor woking conditions 5
0.4%
170 Lack of peace & freedom 0
0%
171 Lack of co-operation between political parties 0
0%
172 Cash payment to farmers for products 1
0.1%
173 President favours home area 0
0%
174 Increased govt assistance (seed & fertiliser) 7
0.6%
175 Fine those who default on loans 0
0%
176 Govt should develop all regions 2
0.2%
177 Govt should build a bank 0
0%
178 Environmental degradation 0
0%
179 Need for new govt 0
0%
180 High school fees 14
1.2%
181 Lack of maize in markets 3
0.3%
182 Lack of justice in govt 2
0.2%
183 Lack of land to cultivate 0
0%
184 Lack of farming improvements 0
0%
185 Trading centres too far 1
0.1%
186 Headman not trustworthy 0
0%
187 Lack of free hospitals 4
0.3%
188 Lack of markets 1
0.1%
189 Rigging elections 0
0%
190 Regionalism must stop 0
0%
191 Govt favours people from their party 0
0%
192 Govt should help with school fees for girls 0
0%
193 Corruption among health personnel 1
0.1%
194 Civil service doctors must take jobs seriously 0
0%
195 Rich have more freedom than poor 0
0%
196 Over-enrolment in schools 0
0%
197 Business matters 3
0.3%
198 Exploitation of villagers 0
0%
199 Retrenchments 5
0.4%
200 Govt assistance to villagers 1
0.1%
201 prostitution 0
0%
202 Misuse of democracy 0
0%
203 Accessibilty of loans 12
1%
204 Lack TV service/network 0
0%
205 Lack of post offices 0
0%
206 Lack of policemen 1
0.1%
207 Freedom of dress should stop 0
0%
208 No maize mills nearby 0
0%
209 Lack of respect for elders 0
0%
210 Lack of respect for one another 0
0%
211 Economic improvements 5
0.4%
212 Education 6
0.5%
213 More bursaries 0
0%
214 Give Land to people 0
0%
215 Agricultural inputs 59
4.9%
216 Farm inputs 5
0.4%
217 Hunger 15
1.3%
218 Prices of essential commodoties too high 6
0.5%
219 Late distribution of agricultural inputs 9
0.8%
220 Inadequate jobs 2
0.2%
221 High prices of mielie meal 2
0.2%
222 High prices of clothes 1
0.1%
223 Bad agricultural performance 12
1%
224 Lack of transparency 0
0%
225 Inadequate donor funding 0
0%
996 No further answer 198
16.5%
999 Missing data 47
3.9%
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.
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