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Afrobarometer Survey 1 1999-2000, Merged 7 Country

Africa, 1999 - 2000
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AFR_1999_AFB-7_v01_M
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Institute for Democracy in South Africa (IDASA), Michigan State University (MSU), Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana)
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  • Afrobarometer 7
    Country
    1999-2000

q50d. single most important problem facing south africa (q50d)

Data file: Afrobarometer 7 Country 1999-2000

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Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 8
Range: 1 - 226
Format: Numeric

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Categories
Value Category
1 apartheid
2 abuse
3 affirmative action
4 affirmative action (too much)
5 aids
6 bursaries
7 child welfare
8 child abuse
9 crime
10 corruption
11 corruption in government
12 civil war
13 death sentence should be returned
14 death rate too high
15 discrimination
16 disputes between political parties
17 diseases
18 drought
19 drought relief
20 development
21 development of rural areas
22 drugs/alcohol
23 democracy
24 donor fund mismanagement
25 dont know
26 economy
27 economic stabilisation
28 education (equality)
29 education (too expensive)
30 education (poor quality)
31 education (quality of schools)
32 education (shortage of schools)
33 education facilities
34 environment
35 elections
36 electricity
37 electricity (need more)
38 equality
39 equal development for all areas
40 financial problems
41 financial future
42 funding indegenous business
43 foriegn investment
44 food supply
45 government
46 government responsibility
47 government spending
48 government unresponsive
49 government does not communicate
50 housing
51 housing (poor quality)
52 housing (shortage)
53 health
54 health (medical supplies)
55 health services (too expensive)
56 health services (poor quality)
57 health services (shortage)
58 health service in rural areas
59 hawkers/street vendors
60 intimidation
61 infrastructure
62 immigration
63 investments
64 job creation
65 labour laws
66 lack of unity amoung people
67 lack of self-help projects
68 lack of money for school fees
69 murder
70 nepotism
71 nothing/no problems
72 oppression
73 poverty
74 prices too high
75 protection of property owners
76 population explosion
77 policing
78 political tension
79 political unrest
80 pensions
81 pensions need to be increased
82 rape
83 racism
84 rights
85 roads
86 roads (poor quality)
87 roads (need more)
88 recreational facilities
89 rdp
90 riots
91 security
92 squatting/squatters
93 strikes
94 services (water & electricity)
95 services (lack of)
96 services (poor quality)
97 services (too expensive)
98 starvation
99 sewerage
100 standard of living
101 theft
102 taxes
103 taxes too high
104 toilets/sanitation
105 transport
106 teenage pregnancies
107 tribalism
108 unemployment
109 violence
110 vandalism
111 wages too high
112 wages too low
113 water (not enough)
114 water (provide more)
115 water (poor quality)
116 welfare
117 children should follow tradition
118 crop failure
119 devaluation of currency
120 care of elderly
121 free & fair council elections
122 food prices should be low
123 food shortage
124 economic policy failure
125 health clinics to be provided
126 inflation high
127 lack of loans
128 too many leaders
129 suffering
130 transport prices too high
131 wealth being lost rapidly
132 voter education
133 telecommunications
134 street lights
135 sports problems
136 street children
137 implementation of government policies
138 immigrants
139 government favours foreigners
140 poor government administration
141 nuclear weapons
142 school drop-outs
143 use of prisoners for labour
144 reduce income disparity
145 road accidents
146 assist disabled
147 assist orphans
148 water & electricity
149 reduce school fees
150 strengthen democracy
151 home affairs
152 farm workers benefits
153 government
154 leaders must take responsibility
155 training of police officers
156 homosexual issues
157 more links between government & people
158 protection against wild animals
159 nature conservation
160 better qualified teachers
161 traditional leaders
162 army training
163 promiscuity
164 fair land distribution
165 drc war
166 5th brigade attocracies
167 irresponsible members of parliament
168 assistance for needy people
169 poor working conditions
170 lack of peace & freedom
171 lack of co-operation between political parties
172 cash payment to farmers for products
173 president favours home area
174 increase government assistance (seed & fertilizer)
175 fine those who default on loans
176 government should develop all regions
177 government should build a bank
178 environmental degradation
179 need for new government
180 high school fees
181 lack of maize in markets
182 lack of justice in government
183 lack of land to cultivate
184 lack of farming improvements
185 trading centres too far
186 headman not trustworthy
187 lack of free hospitals
188 lack of markets
189 rigging elections
190 regionalism must stop
191 government favours people from their party
192 government should help with school fees for girls
193 corruption amoung health personnel
194 civil service doctors must take jobs seriously
195 rich have more freedom than poor
196 over-enrolment in schools
197 business matters
198 exploitation of villagers
199 retrenchments
200 government assistance to villagers
201 prostitution
202 misuse of democracy
203 accessibility of loans
204 lack tv service/network
205 lack of post offices
206 lack of policemen
207 freedom of dress should stop
208 no maize mills nearby
209 lack of respect for elders
210 lack of respect for one another
211 economic improvements
212 education
213 more bursaries
214 give land to people
215 agricultural inputs
216 farm inputs
217 hunger
218 prices of essential commodoties too high
219 late distribution of agricultural inputs
220 inadequate jobs
221 high prices of mealie meal
222 high prices of clothes
223 bad agricultural performance
224 lack of transparency
225 inadequate donor funding
226 other
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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