Afrobarometer Survey 2012, Round 5
Sierra Leone, 2012
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Q20. Newspapers free to publish vs. government control (Q20)
Data file: srl_r5_data_july_2015
Overview
Valid:
1190
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
9
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
245
End:
247
Width:
3
Range:
1 - 9
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
Lets talk for a moment about the kind of society you would like to have in this country.
20. Which of the following statements is closest to your view? Choose Statement 1 or Statement 2.
Statement 1: The media should have the right to publish any views and ideas without government control.
Statement 2: The government should have the right to prevent the media from publishing things that it considers harmful to society.
20. Which of the following statements is closest to your view? Choose Statement 1 or Statement 2.
Statement 1: The media should have the right to publish any views and ideas without government control.
Statement 2: The government should have the right to prevent the media from publishing things that it considers harmful to society.
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Missing | 0 |
0%
|
| 1 | Agree very strongly with statement 1 | 363 |
30.5%
|
| 2 | Agree with statement 1 | 356 |
29.9%
|
| 3 | Agree with statement 2 | 251 |
21.1%
|
| 4 | Agree very strongly with statement 2 | 186 |
15.6%
|
| 5 | Agree with neither | 23 |
1.9%
|
| 9 | Don't know | 11 |
0.9%
|
| 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.