Afrobarometer Survey 2014, Round 6
Zimbabwe, 2014
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Q74b. 2nd reason for not taking case to court (Q74B)
Data file: zim_r6_data_2015.sav
Overview
Valid:
2400
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
-1
Maximum:
9996
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
1022
End:
1025
Width:
4
Range:
-1 - 9996
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
74B. 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 | 1 |
0%
|
| 0 | Most people do take cases to court | 0 |
0%
|
| 1 | They cannot find a lawyer | 16 |
0.7%
|
| 2 | Lawyers are too expensive | 106 |
4.4%
|
| 3 | Absence of legal aid services / absence of free legal help | 61 |
2.5%
|
| 4 | Court costs are too expensive | 148 |
6.2%
|
| 5 | Judges, prosecutors or court officials will demand money | 112 |
4.7%
|
| 6 | People don't have enough time to go to court | 48 |
2%
|
| 7 | The distance to the courts is too far | 76 |
3.2%
|
| 8 | They don't speak the language spoken in the court | 9 |
0.4%
|
| 9 | They don't know their legal rights and remedies | 105 |
4.4%
|
| 10 | They don't know how to take a case to court | 70 |
2.9%
|
| 11 | They think the processes are too complex | 122 |
5.1%
|
| 12 | They expect the case to take too long | 113 |
4.7%
|
| 13 | They think the judges and court officials are incompetent | 67 |
2.8%
|
| 14 | They do not expect fair treatment | 237 |
9.9%
|
| 15 | They do not think the judges or courts are independent | 64 |
2.7%
|
| 16 | Don't trust the courts | 160 |
6.7%
|
| 17 | The courts favor the rich / powerful | 96 |
4%
|
| 18 | They prefer to go to traditional leaders / local council | 67 |
2.8%
|
| 9995 | Other | 28 |
1.2%
|
| 9996 | No further Answer | 694 |
28.9%
|
| 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.