Afrobarometer Survey 2005, Round 3

South Africa, 2005

Reference ID

ZAF_2005_AFB-R3_v01_M

Producer(s)

The Institute for Democracy in South Africa (IDASA), Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), Michigan State University (MSU)

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Jan 16, 2021

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Q37. Support for democracy (q37)

Data file: saf-r3_data_0.sav

Overview

Valid: 2400

Invalid: -

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 9

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 518

End: 520

Width: 3

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

37. Which of these three statements is closest to your own opinion?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
-1	Missing	0	0%
1	STATEMENT C: Doesn't matter.	369	15.4%
2	STATEMENT B: Sometimes non-democratic preferable	239	10%
3	STATEMENT A: Democracy preferable.	1581	65.9%
9	Don't know	211	8.8%
998	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.

Interviewer instructions

Only one option to be chosen. Read the question in the language of the interview, but always read “democracy” in English. Translate “democracy” into local language only if respondent does not understand English term.

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