Afrobarometer Survey 1999, Round 1
Zimbabwe, 1999
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Have adequate standard of living? (Q51G)
Data file: zim_r1_data.sav
Overview
Valid:
1200
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
99
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
2
Start:
661
End:
665
Width:
5
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
51. “Some people say that today, under our current system of government, our political and overall life is better than it was under the white minority government. Others say things are no better, or even worse. For each of these following matters, would you say things today are worse, about the same, or better?”
G. People have an adequate standard of living.
G. People have an adequate standard of living.
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Much worse | 307 |
25.6%
|
| 2 | Worse | 297 |
24.8%
|
| 3 | About the same | 156 |
13%
|
| 4 | Better | 250 |
20.8%
|
| 5 | Much better | 91 |
7.6%
|
| 6 | Don't know | 83 |
6.9%
|
| 98 | Refused | 9 |
0.8%
|
| 99 | Missing data | 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.
Interviewer instructions
Enumerator introduced the question by saying: “Some people say that today, under our current system of government, our political and overall life is better than it was under the white minority government. Others say things are no better, or even worse. For each of these following matters, would you say things today are worse, about the same, or better?” Enumerator probed for strength of opinion.