Afrobarometer Survey 2014-2015, Merged Round 6 Data (36 Countries)

Burundi, Benin, Burkina Faso, Botswana, Cameroon, Algeria, Egypt, Arab Rep., Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, K, 2014 - 2015

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AFR_2016_AFB-MR6_v01_M

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Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD, Ghana), Institute for Justice and Reconciliation in South Africa (IJR, South Africa), Institute for Empirical Research in Political Economy (IREEP, Benin), Institute for Development Studies (IDS, Kenya), Michigan State University (MSU, United States),

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Q29a. Understand democracy (Q29A)

Data file: merged_r6_data_2016_36countries2_12

Overview

Valid: 53935

Invalid: -

Minimum: -1

Maximum: 98

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 446

End: 447

Width: 2

Range: -1 - 98

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

29a. What, if anything, does “democracy” mean to you?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
-1	Missing	336	0.6%
1	Understood 'democracy'	35517	65.9%
2	Required local language translation	8193	15.2%
3	Did not understand the word or question	9881	18.3%
9	Don't know	0	0%
98	Refused	8	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.

Interviewer instructions

Read the question in the language of the interview, but always state the word “democracy” in Arabic. Only translate ‘democracy’ into local language if respondent does not understand the term in the official national language. Record whether respondent understood word in Arabic or required a local language translation. Be sure to ask ALL questions of ALL respondents, even if they have difficulty understanding the term “democracy”.

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