Afrobarometer Survey 1999, Round 1
Namibia, 1999
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29c What does democracy mean (Q29C)
Data file: nam_r1_data.sav
Overview
Valid:
1183
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
999
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
119
End:
121
Width:
3
Range:
1 - 999
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
29C. What, if anything, do you understand by the word “democracy”? What comes to your mind when you hear the word?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Don't know | 2 |
0.2%
|
| 2 | When country is run by the people | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 3 | To be independent | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 4 | The right to everything | 3 |
0.3%
|
| 5 | Freedom in everything except crime | 6 |
0.5%
|
| 6 | Freedom of speech | 18 |
1.5%
|
| 7 | Equal rights | 7 |
0.6%
|
| 8 | Different groups must have different rights | 2 |
0.2%
|
| 9 | To own property/land | 0 |
0%
|
| 10 | Freedom of movement | 20 |
1.7%
|
| 11 | Freedom in general | 10 |
0.8%
|
| 12 | Free education | 4 |
0.3%
|
| 13 | Reduce crime | 0 |
0%
|
| 14 | Free medical treatment | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 15 | Be able to criticise govt | 2 |
0.2%
|
| 16 | Peace | 4 |
0.3%
|
| 17 | Justice | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 18 | No war | 0 |
0%
|
| 19 | Human rights | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 20 | Unity | 4 |
0.3%
|
| 21 | Never heard of such a word | 0 |
0%
|
| 22 | Right to vote | 4 |
0.3%
|
| 23 | Improve living conditions | 6 |
0.5%
|
| 24 | Development | 0 |
0%
|
| 25 | Right to join any political party | 11 |
0.9%
|
| 26 | Police protection | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 27 | To advise each other when ruling | 0 |
0%
|
| 28 | To have rules formulated by people | 0 |
0%
|
| 29 | Ruling without discrimination | 0 |
0%
|
| 30 | Many political parties | 0 |
0%
|
| 31 | Majority rule | 0 |
0%
|
| 32 | Good leadership | 0 |
0%
|
| 33 | Freedom of expression | 0 |
0%
|
| 34 | To rule satisfactorily | 0 |
0%
|
| 35 | To live in harmony | 0 |
0%
|
| 36 | Having what people want | 0 |
0%
|
| 37 | People help the ruler | 0 |
0%
|
| 38 | Govt assist the people | 0 |
0%
|
| 39 | Govt promotes development | 0 |
0%
|
| 40 | Autocracy | 0 |
0%
|
| 41 | Oppression of majority | 0 |
0%
|
| 42 | Fair elections | 0 |
0%
|
| 43 | Working together with govt | 0 |
0%
|
| 44 | Nothing | 0 |
0%
|
| 45 | Democracy is meaningless | 0 |
0%
|
| 46 | Enough food | 0 |
0%
|
| 47 | Self-rule | 0 |
0%
|
| 49 | Taking authority to change things | 0 |
0%
|
| 50 | Can't explain it properly | 0 |
0%
|
| 51 | Govt of people,by people,for people | 0 |
0%
|
| 52 | No civil war | 0 |
0%
|
| 53 | Good standard of living | 0 |
0%
|
| 54 | Power-sharing | 0 |
0%
|
| 55 | No discrimination | 0 |
0%
|
| 56 | Providing services | 0 |
0%
|
| 57 | Govt being fair to people | 0 |
0%
|
| 58 | Elected govt | 0 |
0%
|
| 59 | Accountable govt | 0 |
0%
|
| 60 | Good governance | 0 |
0%
|
| 61 | No dictatorship | 0 |
0%
|
| 62 | Stability | 0 |
0%
|
| 63 | Too afraid to give opinion | 0 |
0%
|
| 64 | Freedom religion/worship | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 65 | Employment | 0 |
0%
|
| 66 | Having one constitution for country | 0 |
0%
|
| 67 | Colonialism | 0 |
0%
|
| 68 | Respecting other people's freedom | 0 |
0%
|
| 69 | Does not matter | 0 |
0%
|
| 70 | Doing things without fear/intimidation | 0 |
0%
|
| 71 | Responsive govt | 0 |
0%
|
| 72 | No coercion | 0 |
0%
|
| 73 | Freedom of the press | 0 |
0%
|
| 74 | Freedom of association | 0 |
0%
|
| 75 | Health care for all | 0 |
0%
|
| 76 | Freedom of dress | 0 |
0%
|
| 77 | Freedom of choice | 0 |
0%
|
| 78 | Change of things from bad to good | 0 |
0%
|
| 79 | Freedom of birthright | 0 |
0%
|
| 80 | Doing things that benefit the nation | 0 |
0%
|
| 81 | Competition between political parties | 0 |
0%
|
| 82 | Change of ruling parties | 0 |
0%
|
| 83 | Having opposition parties | 0 |
0%
|
| 84 | Freedom to conduct business | 0 |
0%
|
| 85 | Gender equality | 0 |
0%
|
| 86 | Lowering prices | 0 |
0%
|
| 87 | Politics/anything to do with politics | 0 |
0%
|
| 88 | Foreign idea | 0 |
0%
|
| 89 | Everyone being happy | 0 |
0%
|
| 90 | Living freely | 0 |
0%
|
| 91 | Living without problems | 0 |
0%
|
| 92 | Govt helping poor | 0 |
0%
|
| 93 | Consultation | 0 |
0%
|
| 94 | Smooth-running of country | 0 |
0%
|
| 95 | Control over one's life | 0 |
0%
|
| 97 | Having basic necessities | 0 |
0%
|
| 98 | Refused | 0 |
0%
|
| 100 | No restrictions | 0 |
0%
|
| 101 | Responsible conduct of citizens | 0 |
0%
|
| 102 | Food distribution | 0 |
0%
|
| 103 | Keeping & respecting our culture | 0 |
0%
|
| 104 | Do not know the meaning | 0 |
0%
|
| 105 | Helping each other | 0 |
0%
|
| 106 | Independence | 0 |
0%
|
| 107 | Govt represents all people | 0 |
0%
|
| 108 | Change of President | 0 |
0%
|
| 109 | New govt | 0 |
0%
|
| 110 | Govt of unity | 0 |
0%
|
| 111 | Change of govt | 0 |
0%
|
| 112 | Change of laws | 0 |
0%
|
| 113 | Govt protecting people | 0 |
0%
|
| 114 | No more taxes | 0 |
0%
|
| 115 | Everyone being able to make money | 0 |
0%
|
| 116 | It is a wrong & bad thing | 0 |
0%
|
| 117 | Rebellious people | 0 |
0%
|
| 118 | Elections | 0 |
0%
|
| 119 | Participation in govt | 0 |
0%
|
| 120 | Elected representation | 0 |
0%
|
| 121 | Removal of old govt | 0 |
0%
|
| 122 | Coming of UDF | 0 |
0%
|
| 123 | Youth help govt | 0 |
0%
|
| 124 | Govt giving id cards | 0 |
0%
|
| 125 | Freedom of expression may suppress | 0 |
0%
|
| 996 | No further answer | 994 |
84%
|
| 999 | Missing data | 79 |
6.7%
|
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
Respondent could give up to three answers.