Afrobarometer Survey 2009, Round 4
Zambia, 2009
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Q35. Media checks government vs. avoid negative reporting (Q35)
Data file: zam_r4_data.sav
Overview
Valid:
1200
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
9
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
242
End:
243
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 9
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
35, 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 corruption and the mistakes made by the government.
Statement 2: Too much reporting on negative events, like corruption, only harms the country.
Statement 1: The news media should constantly investigate and report on corruption and the mistakes made by the government.
Statement 2: Too much reporting on negative events, like corruption, only harms the country.
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Missing | 0 |
0%
|
| 1 | Agree very strongly with 1 | 618 |
51.5%
|
| 2 | Agree with 1 | 296 |
24.7%
|
| 3 | Agree with 2 | 109 |
9.1%
|
| 4 | Agree very strongly with 2 | 78 |
6.5%
|
| 5 | Agree with neither | 46 |
3.8%
|
| 9 | Don't know | 53 |
4.4%
|
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.