Reconciliation Barometer 2003-2011

South Africa, 2003 - 2011

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ZAF_2003-2011_SARB_v01_M

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Data file: SARB Round 8 v1

Variables:	196

Variables

id

Respondent unique identifier

round

weight

Weighting factor

gender

race

Population group (race)

age

prov

metarea

Metropolitan area

csize

educ

Highest level of education attained

wstatus

selfemp

Currently self-employed

occup

marstat

dwell

Type of dwelling (old categories)

earn

Number of people in household earning money

hhinc

Monthly household income

income

Monthly individual income

lsm

Living Standards Measure

religion

Religious denomination or group

hlang

ulang_af

Understands: Afrikaans

ulang_en

Understands: English

ulang_nd

Understands: isiNdebele

ulang_nso

Understands: Sepedi/Northern Sotho

ulang_sso

Understands: Sesotho/Southern Sotho

ulang_sw

Understands: siSwati/Swazi

ulang_ts

Understands: Xitsonga

ulang_tn

Understands: Setswana

ulang_ve

Understands: Thsivenda

ulang_xh

Understands: isiXhosa

ulang_zu

Understands: isiZulu

ulang_other

Understands: Other

rlang_af

Reads: Afrikaans

rlang_en

rlang_nd

Reads: isiNdebele

rlang_nso

Reads: Sepedi/Northern Sotho

rlang_sso

Reads: Sesotho/Southern Sotho

rlang_sw

Reads: siSwati/Swazi

rlang_ts

Reads: Xitsonga

rlang_tn

Reads: Setswana

rlang_ve

Reads: Thsivenda

rlang_xh

Reads: isiXhosa

rlang_zu

rlang_other

rlang_none

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B1. Thinking of the way your family lives, would you say that your family is ...

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B2. And how do you think your family's lives will be in a year's time? Do you th

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B3. Please think about your children or the children of family or friends. What

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B4.1 Would you say the relationship between the different races in our country i

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B5. How confident are you of a happy future for all races in South Africa? Are y

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B6.2 And your satisfaction with your life? Has it ....?

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B7. What about the overall direction the country is heading for? Would you say t

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B8.1. PRESIDENT THABO MBEKI: How well do you think ..... is doing his/her/their

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B8.3. THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT: How well do you think ..... is doing his/her/thei

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B29.1. Reducing unemployment by creating jobs: How well would you say the govern

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B29.2. Building houses: How well would you say the government is handling the fo

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B29.3. Controlling inflation: How well would you say the government is handling

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B29.4. Reducing the crime rate: How well would you say the government is handlin

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B29.5. Ending political violence: How well would you say the government is handl

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B29.6. Uniting all South Africans into one nation: How well would you say the go

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B29.7. Narrowing the income gap between different race groups: How well would yo

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B29.8. Improving basic health services: How well would you say the government is

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B29.9. Implementing affirmative action in the civil service: How well would you

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B29.10. Promoting equality between men and women: How well would you say the gov

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B29.11. Bringing the police force closer to the community: How well would you sa

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B29.12. Addressing the educational needs of all South Africans: How well would y

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B29.13. Encouraging international investment: How well would you say the governm

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B29.14. Fighting corruption in government: How well would you say the government

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B29.15. Managing the economy: How well would you say the government is handling

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B29.16. Delivering basic services, such as water and electricity: How well would

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B29.17. Appointing the right people to lead government departments and agencies:

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B29.18. Maintaining transparency and accountability: How well would you say the

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B29.19. Distributing welfare payments to those who are entitled to it, such as o

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B29.20. Promoting access to land: How well would you say the government is handl

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B29.21. Addressing the problem of HIV and Aids: How well would you say the gover

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B29.22. Controlling the cost of living: How well would you say the government is

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B29.23. Keeping skilled people here - stopping the brain drain: How well would y

r08_k01

K1. The people who run the country are not really concerned about what happens t

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K2. Most of the time I can trust the country's national leaders to do what is ri

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K3. It is all right to get around the law, as long as you don't actually break i

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K4. It is desirable to create one united South African nation out of all the dif

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K5. If public officials are not interested in hearing what people like me think,

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K6. The South African Parliament treats all people who come before it - whether

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K7. It is possible to create one united South African nation out of all the diff

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K8. The Presidency: Please indicate how much confidence you have in each of the

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K9. National government: Please indicate how much confidence you have in each of

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K10. Provincial government: Please indicate how much confidence you have in each

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K11. Local government: Please indicate how much confidence you have in each of t

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K12. Parliament: Please indicate how much confidence you have in each of the fol

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K13. Big companies: Please indicate how much confidence you have in each of the

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K14. Political parties: Please indicate how much confidence you have in each of

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K15. The Police: Please indicate how much confidence you have in each of the fol

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K16. Print media e.g. newspapers: Please indicate how much confidence you have i

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K17. Broadcast media e.g. radio & TV: Please indicate how much confidence you ha

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K18. The SA Human Rights Commission: Please indicate how much confidence you hav

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K19. Religious institutions: Please indicate how much confidence you have in eac

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K20. The Constitutional Court: Please indicate how much confidence you have in e

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K21. The legal system in general: Please indicate how much confidence you have i

r08_k22

K22. The South African Parliament can usually be trusted to make decisions that

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K23. If the South African Parliament started making a lot of decisions that most

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K24. The rulings of South African courts should be in accordance with the South

r08_k25

K25. When being interviewed in the street by a reporter for television news: Wou

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K26. When phoning in to a radio talk show: Would you reveal your true thoughts a

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K27. When writing a letter to your local newspaper: Would you reveal your true t

r08_k28

K28. When posting a comment on the Internet: Would you reveal your true thoughts

r08_k29

K29. When debating the issue with people from your own racial group: Would you r

r08_k30

K30. When debating the issue with people from different racial groups: Would you

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K.31. How do you think the economic situation of people like you will change dur

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K.32. How do you think the personal safety of people like you will change during

r08_k33

K33. In South Africa, all religious groups enjoy equal rights: to what extent do

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K34. My mother tongue gets the recognition it deserves in a democratic South Afr

r08_k35

K35. The promotion of the rights of other social or cultural groups is done to t

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K36. How does your current financial situation compare with what it was like 12

r08_k37

K37. How do your current living conditions compare with what they were like 12 m

r08_k38

K38. Whether you currently have a job or not, how do the chances of you finding

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K.39. How likely is it that your house, property or land rights will be taken aw

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K.40. How likely is it that the houses, properties or land rights of people like

r08_k41

K41. Your personal economic circumstances: to what extent has ... improved or wo

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K42. Race relations: to what extent has ... improved or worsened?

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K43. Moral values: to what extent has ... improved or worsened?

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K44. Family life: to what extent has ... improved or worsened?

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K45. The gap between rich and poor: to what extent has ... improved or worsened?

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K46. Employment opportunities: to what extent has ... improved or worsened?

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K47. Your hope for the future: to what extent has ... improved or worsened?

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K48. Your personal safety: to what extent has ... improved or worsened?

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K49.Apartheid was a crime against humanity: to what extent do you think ... is t

r08_k50

K50.South Africa has great income differences today, because, in the past, black

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K51.In the past, the state committed horrific atrocities against those strugglin

r08_k52

K52. Took part in demonstrations: would it be justified if some people did the f

r08_k53

K53. Joined strikes: would it be justified if some people did the following?

r08_k54

K54. Use force or violence, such as damaging public property or taking hostages:

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K55. I think it is fair that the people who discriminated against others during

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K56. Sometimes it might be better to ignore the law and solve problems immediate

r08_k57

K57. Government has done enough to prosecute perpetrators of Apartheid crimes: H

r08_k58

K58. It is not necessary to obey the laws of a government that I did not vote fo

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K59. Government has not done enough to support victims who experienced human rig

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K60. The use of racial categories must be retained to measure the impact of gove

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K61. It should be a national priority to make the workforce of each South Africa

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K62. It should be a national priority to make the workforce of each South Africa

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K63. It should be a national priority to make the workforce of each South Africa

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K64. Little progress has been made in returning land to people that have been ev

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K65. It is highly likely that you will be unemployed at some stage during the ne

r08_k66

K66. It is better to have a low-paying full-time job than to make your own livin

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K67. Your child/children or the child/children of friends, receive education of

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K68. The education system prepares your child/children or the child/children of

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K69. On a typical weekday, whether at work or otherwise, how often do you talk t

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K69. On a typical weekday, whether at work or otherwise, how often do you talk t

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K69. On a typical weekday, whether at work or otherwise, how often do you talk t

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K69. On a typical weekday, whether at work or otherwise, how often do you talk t

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K69. On a typical weekday, whether at work or otherwise, how often do you talk t

r08_k70_b

K70. When socialising in your own home or the homes of friends, how often do you

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K70. When socialising in your own home or the homes of friends, how often do you

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K70. When socialising in your own home or the homes of friends, how often do you

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K70. When socialising in your own home or the homes of friends, how often do you

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K70. When socialising in your own home or the homes of friends, how often do you

r08_k71_b

K71. If you had a choice, would you want to talk to White, Coloured or Indian pe

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K71. If you had a choice, would you want to talk to White, Black or Indian peopl

r08_k71_i

K71. If you had a choice, would you want to talk to White, Black or Coloured peo

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K71. If you had a choice, would you want to talk to [GROUP] people...?

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K71. If you had a choice, would you want to talk to Black, Coloured or Indian pe

r08_k72

K72. I want to forget about the past and just get on with my life: to what exten

r08_k73

K73. I am trying to forgive those who hurt me during Apartheid: to what extent d

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K74. You find it difficult to understand the customs and ways of White, Coloured

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K74. You find it difficult to understand the customs and ways of White, Black or

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K74. You find it difficult to understand the customs and ways of White, Black or

r08_k74_t

K74. You find it difficult to understand the customs and ways of [GROUP] people

r08_k74_w

K74. You find it difficult to understand the customs and ways of Black, Coloured

r08_k75_b

K75. You want to learn more about the customs and ways of White, Coloured or Ind

r08_k75_c

K75. You want to learn more about the customs and ways of White, Black or Indian

r08_k75_i

K75. You want to learn more about the customs and ways of White, Black or Colour

r08_k75_t

K75. You want to learn more about the customs and ways of [GROUP] people

r08_k75_w

K75. You want to learn more about the customs and ways of Black, Coloured or Ind

r08_k76_b

K76. White, Coloured or Indian people are untrustworthy

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K76. White, Black or Indian people are untrustworthy

r08_k76_i

K76. White, Black or Coloured people are untrustworthy

r08_k76_t

K76. [GROUP] people are untrustworthy

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K76. Black, Coloured or Indian people are untrustworthy

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K77. You could never imagine being part of a political party made up mainly of W

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K77. You could never imagine being part of a political party made up mainly of W

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K77. You could never imagine being part of a political party made up mainly of W

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K77. You could never imagine being part of a political party made up mainly of [

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K77. You could never imagine being part of a political party made up mainly of B

r08_k78

Q78. Which ONE of the following groups, apart from your own, do you find most di

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K79. Living in a neighbourhood where half of your neighbours are [GROUP IN Q.K78

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K80. Having to work for and take instructions from a [GROUP IN Q.K78] person

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K81. Having a close relative marry a [GROUP IN Q.K78] person

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K82. Having a [GROUP IN Q.K78] person sitting next to my child, or the child of

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Q83. PRIMARY GROUP: When you think of yourself and your daily interaction with o

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Q83. SECONDARY GROUP: And which group is your second group that you feel you bel

r08_k84

Q84. How important is this first or main identity [i.e. first group in Q.K83] to

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K85. Belonging to [GROUP IN Q.K83] makes you feel good about yourself: to what e

r08_k86

K86. Belonging to [GROUP IN Q.K83] makes you feel important: to what extent do y

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K87. Belonging to [GROUP IN Q.K83] makes you feel secure: to what extent do you

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K88. FIRST MENTION: What, in your experience, is the biggest division in South A

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K88. SECOND MENTION: And, which would you say is the second biggest division in

Total: 196

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