Afrobarometer Survey 2001, Round 1
Tanzania, 2001
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Civil servants should keep jobs VS Govt. should lay off some of them (Q63)
Data file: tan_r1_data.sav
Overview
Valid:
2198
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
9
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
293
End:
293
Width:
1
Range:
1 - 9
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
63.
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 | Civil servants keep: Agree strongly | 462 |
21%
|
| 2 | Civil servants keep: Agree somewhat | 201 |
9.1%
|
| 3 | Lay some off: Agree somewhat | 466 |
21.2%
|
| 4 | Lay some off: Agree strongly | 821 |
37.4%
|
| 5 | Don't agree with either | 185 |
8.4%
|
| 9 | Don't know | 63 |
2.9%
|
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
The interviewer introduced the pair of statements in question 61-67 by saying, “Once again, please choose whether you agree most with Statement A or B.” Then, the interviewer probed for strength of opinion.