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Afrobarometer Survey 1999, Round 1

Zimbabwe, 1999
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ZWE_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: zim_r1_data.sav

Overview

Valid: 1200
Invalid: -
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 996
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 2
Start: 619
End: 624
Width: 6
Range: 1 - 996
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
50B. What are the most important problems facing this country that the government should address?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Apartheid 2
0.2%
2 Abuse 1
0.1%
3 Affirmative action 2
0.2%
4 Affirmative action ( too much ) 3
0.3%
5 AIDS 10
0.8%
6 Bursaries 1
0.1%
7 Child Welfare 3
0.3%
8 Child abuse 0
0%
9 Crime 7
0.6%
10 Corruption 14
1.2%
11 Corruption in govt 2
0.2%
12 Civil war 1
0.1%
13 Death sentence should be returned 2
0.2%
14 Death rate too high 4
0.3%
15 Discrimination 0
0%
16 Disputes between political parties 0
0%
17 Diseases 6
0.5%
18 Drought 1
0.1%
19 Drought relief 2
0.2%
20 Development 3
0.3%
21 Development of rural areas 1
0.1%
22 Drugs/alcohol 0
0%
23 Democracy 0
0%
24 Donor fund mismanagement 1
0.1%
25 Don't know 0
0%
26 Economy 24
2%
27 Economic stabilisation 4
0.3%
28 Education (equality) 2
0.2%
29 Education (too expensive) 10
0.8%
30 Education (poor quality) 3
0.3%
31 Education (quality of schools) 4
0.3%
32 Education (shortage of schools) 14
1.2%
33 Educational facilities 1
0.1%
34 Environment 1
0.1%
35 Elections 2
0.2%
36 Electricity 0
0%
37 Electricity (need more) 2
0.2%
38 Equality 1
0.1%
39 Equal dev for all areas 3
0.3%
40 Financial problems 6
0.5%
41 Financial future 1
0.1%
42 Funding indigenous business 2
0.2%
43 Foreign investment 2
0.2%
44 Food supply 24
2%
45 Government 4
0.3%
46 Govt responsibility 5
0.4%
47 Govt spending 3
0.3%
48 Govt unresponsive 3
0.3%
49 Govt does not communicate 0
0%
50 Housing 5
0.4%
51 Housing (poor quality) 1
0.1%
52 Housing ( shortage) 16
1.3%
53 Health 28
2.3%
54 Health (medical supplies) 1
0.1%
55 Health services (too expensive) 4
0.3%
56 Health services (poor quality) 23
1.9%
57 Health services (shortage) 14
1.2%
58 Health services in rural areas 2
0.2%
59 Hawkers/street vendors 0
0%
60 Intimidation 0
0%
61 Infrastructure 9
0.8%
62 Immigration 0
0%
63 Investments 1
0.1%
64 Job creation 20
1.7%
65 Labour laws 1
0.1%
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 0
0%
70 Nepotism 1
0.1%
71 Oothing 1
0.1%
72 Oppression 2
0.2%
73 Poverty 17
1.4%
74 Prices too high 138
11.5%
75 Protection of property owners 1
0.1%
76 Population explosion 3
0.3%
77 Policing 2
0.2%
78 Political tension 3
0.3%
79 Political unrest 3
0.3%
80 Pensions 1
0.1%
81 Pensions need to be increased 0
0%
82 Rape 0
0%
83 Racism 1
0.1%
84 Rights 2
0.2%
85 Roads 2
0.2%
86 Roads (poor quality) 10
0.8%
87 Roads (need more) 3
0.3%
88 Recreational facilities 0
0%
89 RDP 0
0%
90 Riots 0
0%
91 Security 2
0.2%
92 Squatting/squattors 0
0%
93 Strikes 2
0.2%
94 Services (water & electricity) 2
0.2%
95 Services (lack of) 1
0.1%
96 Services (poor quality) 0
0%
97 Services (too expensive) 1
0.1%
98 Starvation 2
0.2%
99 Sewerage 1
0.1%
100 Standard of living 11
0.9%
101 Theft 2
0.2%
102 Taxes 3
0.3%
103 Taxes too high 6
0.5%
104 Toilets/sanitation 2
0.2%
105 Transport 14
1.2%
106 Teenage pregnancies 1
0.1%
107 Tribalism 0
0%
108 Unemployment 188
15.7%
109 Violence 2
0.2%
110 Vandalism 0
0%
111 Wages too high 1
0.1%
112 Wages too low 24
2%
113 Water (not enough) 30
2.5%
114 Water (provide more) 4
0.3%
115 Water (poor quality) 7
0.6%
116 Welfare 3
0.3%
117 Children should follow tradition 1
0.1%
118 Crop failure 3
0.3%
119 Devaluation of currency 9
0.8%
120 Care of Elderly 3
0.3%
121 Free & fair council elections 1
0.1%
122 Food prices should be low 19
1.6%
123 Food shortage 6
0.5%
124 Economic policy failure 0
0%
125 Health clinics to be provided 1
0.1%
126 Inflation high 60
5%
127 Lack of loans 3
0.3%
128 Too many leaders 2
0.2%
129 Suffering 6
0.5%
130 Transport prices too high 15
1.3%
131 Wealth being lost rapidly 2
0.2%
132 Promiscuity 36
3%
133 Fair land distribution 5
0.4%
134 DRC war 1
0.1%
135 5th Brigade attrocities 1
0.1%
996 No further answer 211
17.6%
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.
Interviewer instructions
Respondent could give up to three answers.
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