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Afrobarometer Survey 1999, Round 1

Malawi, 1999
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MWI_1999_AFB-R1_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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Most important problems to be addressed by govt. - first response (Q50A)

Data file: mlw_r1_data.sav

Overview

Valid: 1208
Invalid: -
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 999
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 2
Start: 513
End: 518
Width: 6
Range: 1 - 999
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
50A. What are the most important problems facing this country that the government should address? Which of these is most important. Place 1 next to most important problem.
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Apartheid 3
0.2%
2 Abuse 2
0.2%
3 Affirmative action 1
0.1%
4 Affrirmative action (too much ) 2
0.2%
5 AIDS 6
0.5%
6 Bursaries 0
0%
7 Child Welfare 0
0%
8 Child abuse 0
0%
9 Crime 41
3.4%
10 Corruption 14
1.2%
11 Corruption in govt 5
0.4%
12 Civil war 0
0%
13 Death sentence should be returned 0
0%
14 Death rate too high 0
0%
15 Discrimination 0
0%
16 Disputes between political parties 0
0%
17 Diseases 3
0.2%
18 Drought 0
0%
19 Drought relief 0
0%
20 Development 2
0.2%
21 Development of rural areas 0
0%
22 Drugs/alcohol 0
0%
23 Democracy 0
0%
24 Donor fund mismanagement 1
0.1%
25 Don't know 4
0.3%
26 Economy 31
2.6%
27 Economic stabilisation 3
0.2%
28 Education (equality) 3
0.2%
29 Education (too expensive) 0
0%
30 Education (poor quality) 14
1.2%
31 Education (quality of schools) 1
0.1%
32 Education (shortage of schools) 11
0.9%
33 Educational facilities 1
0.1%
34 Environment 0
0%
35 Elections 0
0%
36 Electricity 2
0.2%
37 Electricity (need more) 2
0.2%
38 Equality 0
0%
39 Equal dev for all areas 0
0%
40 Financial problems 2
0.2%
41 Financial future 1
0.1%
42 Funding indigenous business 0
0%
43 Foreign investment 0
0%
44 Food supply 6
0.5%
45 Government 0
0%
46 Govt responsibility 5
0.4%
47 Govt spending 1
0.1%
48 Govt unresponsive 3
0.2%
49 Govt does not communicate 0
0%
50 Housing 0
0%
51 Housing (poor quality) 0
0%
52 Housing (shortage) 0
0%
53 Health 1
0.1%
54 Health (medical supplies) 35
2.9%
55 Health services (too expensive) 0
0%
56 Health services (poor quality) 20
1.7%
57 Health services (shortage) 48
4%
58 Health services in rural areas 3
0.2%
59 Hawkers/street vendors 0
0%
60 Intimidation 0
0%
61 Infrastructure 9
0.7%
62 Immigration 0
0%
63 Investments 1
0.1%
64 Job creation 14
1.2%
65 Labour laws 1
0.1%
66 Lack of unity among people 1
0.1%
67 Lack of self-help projects 0
0%
68 Lack of money for school fees 3
0.2%
69 Murder 2
0.2%
70 Nepotism 0
0%
71 Nothing/No problems 17
1.4%
72 Oppression 1
0.1%
73 Poverty 54
4.5%
74 Prices too high 191
15.8%
75 Protection of property owners 0
0%
76 Population explosion 0
0%
77 Policing 1
0.1%
78 Political tension 0
0%
79 Political unrest 2
0.2%
80 Pensions 0
0%
81 Pensions need to be increased 0
0%
82 Rape 0
0%
83 Racism 0
0%
84 Rights 1
0.1%
85 Roads 13
1.1%
86 Roads (poor quality) 46
3.8%
87 Roads (need more) 1
0.1%
88 Recreational facilities 0
0%
89 RDP 0
0%
90 Riots 0
0%
91 Security 71
5.9%
92 Squatting/squattors 0
0%
93 Strikes 0
0%
94 Services (water & electricity) 0
0%
95 Services (lack of) 0
0%
96 Services (poor quality) 0
0%
97 Services (too expensive) 0
0%
98 Starvation 73
6%
99 Sewerage 1
0.1%
100 Standard of living 0
0%
101 Theft 28
2.3%
102 Taxes 0
0%
103 Taxes too high 0
0%
104 Toilets/sanitation 0
0%
105 Transport 6
0.5%
106 Teenage pregnancies 0
0%
107 Tribalism 0
0%
108 Unemployment 36
3%
109 Violence 0
0%
110 Vandalism 0
0%
111 Wages too high 1
0.1%
112 Wages too low 13
1.1%
113 Water (not enough) 26
2.2%
114 Water (provide more) 12
1%
115 Water (poor quality) 28
2.3%
116 Welfare 0
0%
117 Children should follow tradition 0
0%
118 Crop failure 19
1.6%
119 Devaluation of currency 4
0.3%
120 Care of Elderly 1
0.1%
121 Free & fair council elections 0
0%
122 Food prices should be low 3
0.2%
123 Food shortage 94
7.8%
124 Economic policy failure 4
0.3%
125 Health clinics to be provided 7
0.6%
126 Inflation high 6
0.5%
127 Lack of loans 29
2.4%
128 Too many leaders 0
0%
129 Suffering 0
0%
130 Transport prices too high 1
0.1%
131 Wealth being lost rapidly 0
0%
132 Voter education 0
0%
133 Telecommunications 0
0%
134 Street lights 0
0%
135 Sports problems 0
0%
136 Street children 0
0%
137 Implementation of govt policies 0
0%
138 Immigrants 0
0%
139 Govt favours foreigners 0
0%
140 Poor govt administration 2
0.2%
141 Nuclear weapons 0
0%
142 School drop-outs 1
0.1%
143 Use of prisoners for labour 0
0%
144 Reduce income disparity 0
0%
145 Road accidents 0
0%
146 Assist disabled 0
0%
147 Assist orphans 0
0%
148 Water & electricity 0
0%
149 Reduce school fees 0
0%
150 Strengthen democracy 0
0%
151 Home affairs 0
0%
152 Farm workers benefits 0
0%
153 Govt assistance 10
0.8%
154 Leaders must take responsibility 0
0%
155 Training of police officers 0
0%
156 Homosexual issues 0
0%
157 More links between govt & people 0
0%
158 Protection against wild animals 0
0%
159 Nature conservation 0
0%
160 Better qualified teachers 0
0%
161 Traditional leaders 0
0%
162 Army training 0
0%
163 Promiscuity 0
0%
164 Fair land distribution 1
0.1%
165 DRC war 0
0%
166 5th brigade attocracies 0
0%
167 Irresponsible members of parliament 0
0%
168 Assistance for needy people 0
0%
169 Poor woking conditions 4
0.3%
170 Lack of peace & freedom 0
0%
171 Lack of co-operation between political parties 2
0.2%
172 Cash payment to farmers for products 0
0%
173 President favours home area 1
0.1%
174 Increased govt assistance (seed & fertiliser) 2
0.2%
175 Fine those who default on loans 0
0%
176 Govt should develop all regions 0
0%
177 Govt should build a bank 1
0.1%
178 Environmental degradation 1
0.1%
179 Need for new govt 1
0.1%
180 High school fees 1
0.1%
181 Lack of maize in markets 1
0.1%
182 Lack of justice in govt 1
0.1%
183 Lack of land to cultivate 5
0.4%
184 Lack of farming improvements 53
4.4%
185 Trading centres too far 0
0%
186 Headman not trustworthy 0
0%
187 Lack of free hospitals 1
0.1%
188 Lack of markets 0
0%
189 Rigging elections 0
0%
190 Regionalism must stop 1
0.1%
191 Govt favours people from their party 0
0%
192 Govt should help with school fees for girls 0
0%
193 Corruption among health personnel 0
0%
194 Civil service doctors must take jobs seriously 0
0%
195 Rich have more freedom than poor 2
0.2%
196 Over-enrolment in schools 0
0%
197 Business matters 1
0.1%
198 Exploitation of villagers 0
0%
199 Retrenchments 0
0%
200 Govt assistance to villagers 3
0.2%
201 prostitution 0
0%
202 Misuse of democracy 0
0%
203 Accessibilty of loans 0
0%
204 Lack TV service/network 0
0%
205 Lack of post offices 0
0%
206 Lack of policemen 2
0.2%
207 Freedom of dress should stop 0
0%
208 No maize mills nearby 1
0.1%
209 Lack of respect for elders 1
0.1%
210 Lack of respect for one another 1
0.1%
999 No further response 10
0.8%
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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