Afrobarometer Survey 2012, Round 5
Zimbabwe, 2012
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Q38. Media checks government vs. avoid negative reporting (Q38)
Data file: zim_r5_data_july_2015.sav
Overview
Valid:
2400
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
9
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
397
End:
399
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 1 | 698 |
29.1%
|
| 2 | Agree with 1 | 626 |
26.1%
|
| 3 | Agree with 2 | 524 |
21.8%
|
| 4 | Agree very strongly with 2 | 425 |
17.7%
|
| 5 | Agree with neither | 89 |
3.7%
|
| 9 | Don't know | 38 |
1.6%
|
| 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.