Afrobarometer Survey 2015, Round 6
Cameroon, 2015
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Q74b. 2nd reason for not taking case to court (Q74B)
Data file: cam_r6_data_2016_eng.sav
Overview
Valid:
1182
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
9996
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
1218
End:
1221
Width:
4
Range:
1 - 9996
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
74. Sometimes people do not take a case to the government courts, even if they think they have a legitimate complaint and deserve justice. In your opinion, what would be the most important reason that people like yourself would not take a case to court? And what would be the second most important reason? 2nd response
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Missing | 0 |
0%
|
| 0 | Most people do take cases to court | 0 |
0%
|
| 1 | They cannot find a lawyer | 21 |
1.8%
|
| 2 | Lawyers are too expensive | 63 |
5.3%
|
| 3 | Absence of legal aid services / absence of free legal help | 16 |
1.4%
|
| 4 | Court costs are too expensive | 107 |
9.1%
|
| 5 | Judges, prosecutors or court officials will demand money | 69 |
5.8%
|
| 6 | People don't have enough time to go to court | 42 |
3.6%
|
| 7 | The distance to the courts is too far | 13 |
1.1%
|
| 8 | They don't speak the language spoken in the court | 10 |
0.8%
|
| 9 | They don't know their legal rights and remedies | 44 |
3.7%
|
| 10 | They don't know how to take a case to court | 24 |
2%
|
| 11 | They think the processes are too complex | 39 |
3.3%
|
| 12 | They expect the case to take too long | 79 |
6.7%
|
| 13 | They think the judges and court officials are incompetent | 15 |
1.3%
|
| 14 | They do not expect fair treatment | 69 |
5.8%
|
| 15 | They do not think the judges or courts are independent | 19 |
1.6%
|
| 16 | Don't trust the courts | 78 |
6.6%
|
| 17 | The courts favor the rich / powerful | 86 |
7.3%
|
| 18 | They prefer to go to traditional leaders / local council | 34 |
2.9%
|
| 9995 | Other | 58 |
4.9%
|
| 9996 | No further Answer | 296 |
25%
|
| 9998 | 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.