Afrobarometer Survey 2014, Round 6
Senegal, 2014
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Q74a. 1st reason for not taking case to court (Q74A)
Data file: sen_r6_data_2015_eng.sav
Overview
Valid:
1200
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
0
Maximum:
9999
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
942
End:
945
Width:
4
Range:
0 - 9999
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
74A. Parfois les gens ne portent pas plainte aux juridictions officielles, même quand ils pensent que leur plainte est légitime et qu’ils méritent justice. A votre avis, quelle serait la raison la plus importante qui empêche les gens de porter une affaire devant les tribunaux? Et qu’elle serait la deuxième raison la plus importante? 1ère réponse
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Missing | 0 |
0%
|
| 0 | Most people do take cases to court | 77 |
6.4%
|
| 1 | They cannot find a lawyer | 7 |
0.6%
|
| 2 | Lawyers are too expensive | 40 |
3.3%
|
| 3 | Absence of legal aid services / absence of free legal help | 12 |
1%
|
| 4 | Court costs are too expensive | 52 |
4.3%
|
| 5 | Judges, prosecutors or court officials will demand money | 25 |
2.1%
|
| 6 | People don't have enough time to go to court | 19 |
1.6%
|
| 7 | The distance to the courts is too far | 7 |
0.6%
|
| 8 | They don't speak the language spoken in the court | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 9 | They don't know their legal rights and remedies | 31 |
2.6%
|
| 10 | They don't know how to take a case to court | 56 |
4.7%
|
| 11 | They think the processes are too complex | 23 |
1.9%
|
| 12 | They expect the case to take too long | 44 |
3.7%
|
| 13 | They think the judges and court officials are incompetent | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 14 | They do not expect fair treatment | 83 |
6.9%
|
| 15 | They do not think the judges or courts are independent | 9 |
0.8%
|
| 16 | Don't trust the courts | 32 |
2.7%
|
| 17 | The courts favor the rich / powerful | 43 |
3.6%
|
| 18 | They prefer to go to traditional leaders / local council | 350 |
29.2%
|
| 660 | Amicable solution | 112 |
9.3%
|
| 661 | Forgiveness / Tolerance | 33 |
2.8%
|
| 662 | Afraid of justice / of the consequences | 52 |
4.3%
|
| 663 | Trusting God | 15 |
1.3%
|
| 9995 | Other | 40 |
3.3%
|
| 9998 | Refused | 0 |
0%
|
| 9999 | Don't know | 36 |
3%
|
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.