Afrobarometer Survey 2018, Round 7
Malawi, 2018
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Reference ID
MWI_2018_AFB-R7_v01_M
Producer(s)
Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD), Institute for Justice and Reconciliation in South Africa (IJR), Institute for Empirical Research in Political Economy (IREEP), Institute for Development Studies (IDS), Michigan State University (MSU), University of Cape Town (UCT, South Africa)
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Q83a_mlw. In order to increase voter turnout, voting should be made compulsory (Q83A_MLW)
Data file: mlw_r7_data.sav
Overview
Valid:
1200
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
9
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
991
End:
992
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 9
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
A number of suggestions have been made recently aimed at reforming the laws governing how elections are held in this country. For each of the following proposals, please tell me whether you agree or disagree.
- In order to increase voter turnout, voting should be made compulsory
- In order to increase voter turnout, voting should be made compulsory
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Missing | 0 |
0%
|
| 1 | Strongly Disagree | 683 |
56.9%
|
| 2 | Disagree | 178 |
14.8%
|
| 3 | Neither Agree Nor Disagree | 21 |
1.8%
|
| 4 | Agree | 90 |
7.5%
|
| 5 | Strongly Agree | 223 |
18.6%
|
| 8 | Refused | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 9 | Don’t Know | 4 |
0.3%
|
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.