Afrobarometer Survey 2002, Round 2
South Africa, 2002
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Q18. Civil servants keep jobs vs. lay offs to reduce costs (Q18)
Data file: saf_r2_data.sav
Overview
Valid:
2400
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
-1
Maximum:
9
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
234
End:
235
Width:
2
Range:
-1 - 9
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
18. Which of the following statements is closest to your view? Choose Statement A or Statement B.
A: All civil servants should keep their jobs, even if paying their salaries is costly to the country.
B: The government cannot afford so many public employees and should lay some of them off.
A: All civil servants should keep their jobs, even if paying their salaries is costly to the country.
B: The government cannot afford so many public employees and should lay some of them off.
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Missing | 3 |
0.1%
|
| 1 | Agree very strongly with A | 518 |
21.6%
|
| 2 | Agree with A | 785 |
32.7%
|
| 3 | Agree with B | 420 |
17.5%
|
| 4 | Agree very strongly with B | 278 |
11.6%
|
| 5 | Agree with neither | 236 |
9.8%
|
| 9 | Don't know | 160 |
6.7%
|
| 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.