Afrobarometer Survey 2015, Round 6
Cameroon, 2015
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Q36. Media checks government vs. avoid negative reporting (Q36)
Data file: cam_r6_data_2016_eng.sav
Overview
Valid:
1182
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
9
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
554
End:
555
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 9
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
36. 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 | 401 |
33.9%
|
| 2 | Agree with 1 | 413 |
34.9%
|
| 3 | Agree with 2 | 195 |
16.5%
|
| 4 | Agree very strongly with 2 | 112 |
9.5%
|
| 5 | Agree with neither | 9 |
0.8%
|
| 9 | Don't know | 52 |
4.4%
|
| 98 | 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.