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Afrobarometer Survey 2003, Round 2

Lesotho, 2003
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LSO_2003_AFB-R2_v01_M
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The Institute for Democracy in South Africa (IDASA), Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), Michigan State University (MSU)
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Q5c. Third meaning of "poor" (q5c)

Data file: les_r2_data.sav

Overview

Valid: 1200
Invalid: -
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 996
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 83
End: 85
Width: 3
Range: 1 - 996
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
5. In your opinion, what does it mean to be “poor”?
C. Third meaning of “poor”
Categories
Value Category Cases
-1 Missing data 0
0%
1 Lack of food 80
6.7%
2 Lack of shelter 70
5.8%
3 Lack of clothing 87
7.3%
4 Lack of money 80
6.7%
5 Low living standards 31
2.6%
6 Lack of social amenities 5
0.4%
7 Lack of education/knowledge/skills 9
0.8%
8 Lack of employment/job 99
8.3%
9 Low levels of health 9
0.8%
10 Powerlessness 0
0%
11 Living in substandard neighborhood 2
0.2%
12 Any life-threatening situation 1
0.1%
13 No child/spouse/unable to marry a wife/widow/er/lack of fami 9
0.8%
14 Comparison between self and others, inability to meet expect 1
0.1%
15 Lack of entertainment (newspaper,TV,Radio,Video) 0
0%
16 Psychological status/mental health 0
0%
17 Exploitive labor (e.g. child labor, prostitution, etc) 0
0%
18 Agricultural problems, (unable to plant, lack of inputs) 9
0.8%
19 Race (associates black with poverty) 0
0%
20 Laziness/person who won't work 2
0.2%
21 Lack of family/social support network 12
1%
22 Inability to meet obligations/family responsibilities 2
0.2%
23 Beggar/destitute 1
0.1%
24 Unreligious 0
0%
25 A farmer 0
0%
26 Poverty (undifferentiated/unspecified) 2
0.2%
27 No water 3
0.3%
28 No electricity 1
0.1%
29 No cattle or livestock 72
6%
30 No land 76
6.3%
31 No vehicle/car/own transport 1
0.1%
32 In debt 0
0%
33 To have too many children/dependents to support 2
0.2%
34 To be a single parent 0
0%
35 To be old/a pensioner 0
0%
36 To depend on or revert to crime 1
0.1%
37 To only live for today/live day-to-day/no future planning 0
0%
38 To depend on domestic work/manual labor 0
0%
39 To have to rely on others for help 0
0%
40 Low social status/no community standing 0
0%
41 Street children/living on the street 0
0%
42 To be an alcoholic or drug addict 0
0%
43 Unable to contribute to the country 1
0.1%
49 Drought, lack of rain 2
0.2%
50 Lack of everything/not having anything 5
0.4%
51 Handicapped 0
0%
52 Racism/Suffering from discrimination 0
0%
53 Without love or affection 0
0%
54 To be sad/miserable/poor of spirit 2
0.2%
55 Difficulties/problems/difficult/terrible/bad life 0
0%
56 Lack of opportunities/possibilities 0
0%
57 Lack of common sense/foolish/ poor planning 0
0%
58 Natural condition/something you're born to 0
0%
59 National problem/caused by govt/govt policy 1
0.1%
60 Lack of assets/property/wealth/investment 0
0%
61 Lack of school fees 0
0%
62 Insecurity/lack of peace 3
0.3%
63 Being rural 0
0%
64 Income below a certain level 0
0%
65 Can't afford luxuries 0
0%
180 Lack of Firewood 1
0.1%
181 Lack of Businesses/Markets 4
0.3%
182 Poor Agric 4
0.3%
995 Other 0
0%
996 No further response 510
42.5%
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.
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