Afrobarometer Survey 2012, Round 5
Sierra Leone, 2012
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Q38. Media checks government vs. avoid negative reporting (Q38)
Data file: srl_r5_data_july_2015
Overview
Valid:
1190
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
9
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
335
End:
337
Width:
3
Range:
1 - 9
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
38. Which of the following statements is closest to your view? Choose Statement 1 or Statement 2.
Statement 1: The news media should constantly investigate and report on government mistakes and corruption.
Statement 2: Too much reporting on negative events, like government mistakes and corruption, only harms the country.
Statement 1: The news media should constantly investigate and report on government mistakes and corruption.
Statement 2: Too much reporting on negative events, like government mistakes and corruption, only harms the country.
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Missing | 0 |
0%
|
| 1 | Agree very strongly with statement 1 | 458 |
38.5%
|
| 2 | Agree with statement 1 | 387 |
32.5%
|
| 3 | Agree with statement 2 | 206 |
17.3%
|
| 4 | Agree very strongly with statement 2 | 101 |
8.5%
|
| 5 | Agree with neither | 29 |
2.4%
|
| 9 | Don't know | 9 |
0.8%
|
| 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.