Afrobarometer Survey 2012, Round 5
Botswana, 2012
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Q57. Essential characteristics of democracy: legislature, government, people etc. (Q57)
Data file: bot_r5_data_july_2015
Overview
Valid:
1200
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
-1
Maximum:
9
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
507
End:
509
Width:
3
Range:
-1 - 9
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
57. Let me ask you again about the most essential characteristics of democracy. If you have to choose only one of the things that I am going to read, which one would you choose as the most essential characteristic of democracy?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Missing | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 1 | Legislature closely monitors the actions of the President | 161 |
13.4%
|
| 2 | Government provides basic necessities for everyone | 461 |
38.4%
|
| 3 | People are free to form organisations to influence gvt. | 353 |
29.4%
|
| 4 | Public services work well and do not break down | 142 |
11.8%
|
| 8 | None of these | 33 |
2.8%
|
| 9 | Don't know | 49 |
4.1%
|
| 998 | Refused | 0 |
0%
|
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.