Afrobarometer Survey 2015, Round 6
South Africa, 2015
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Q36. Media checks government vs. avoid negative reporting (Q36)
Data file: saf_r6_data.sav
Overview
Valid:
2390
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
9
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
567
End:
568
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 | 1058 |
44.3%
|
| 2 | Agree with 1 | 597 |
25%
|
| 3 | Agree with 2 | 345 |
14.4%
|
| 4 | Agree very strongly with 2 | 327 |
13.7%
|
| 5 | Agree with neither | 40 |
1.7%
|
| 9 | Don't know | 23 |
1%
|
| 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.