Afrobarometer Survey 2017, Round 7
Botswana, 2017
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Reference ID
BWA_2017_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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Jan 16, 2021
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- bot_r7_data_eng.sav
Q82b_BOT. MPs who resign from party should vacate seat (Q82B_BOT)
Data file: bot_r7_data_eng.sav
Overview
Valid:
1198
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
-1
Maximum:
9
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
1042
End:
1043
Width:
2
Range:
-1 - 9
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
82-BOT. As Botswana prepares for the next general elections in October 2019, a number of suggestions have been made aimed at improving the quality of our elections. I would now like to ask whether you approve or disapprove of the following suggested changes.
B. A Member of Parliament who resigns from his or her party must vacate his or her seat so that fresh elections can be held in their area.
B. A Member of Parliament who resigns from his or her party must vacate his or her seat so that fresh elections can be held in their area.
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Missing | 12 |
1%
|
| 1 | Strongly Disappprove | 45 |
3.8%
|
| 2 | Disapprove | 91 |
7.6%
|
| 3 | Neither Approve Nor Disapprove | 29 |
2.4%
|
| 4 | Approve | 711 |
59.3%
|
| 5 | Strongly Approve | 248 |
20.7%
|
| 8 | Refused | 38 |
3.2%
|
| 9 | Don’t know | 24 |
2%
|
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
Probe for strength of opinion.