Afrobarometer Survey 2001, Round 1
Tanzania, 2001
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Govt. too complicated VS understand govt. (Q28)
Data file: tan_r1_data.sav
Overview
Valid:
2198
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
9
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
190
End:
190
Width:
1
Range:
1 - 9
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
28.
A. The way the government operates sometimes seems so complicated that I cannot really understand what is going on.
B. I can usually understand the way that government works.
A. The way the government operates sometimes seems so complicated that I cannot really understand what is going on.
B. I can usually understand the way that government works.
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Government too compIicated: Agree strongly | 725 |
33%
|
| 2 | Government too complicated: Agree somewhat | 383 |
17.4%
|
| 3 | Understand government: Agree somewhat | 524 |
23.8%
|
| 4 | Understand government: Agree strongly | 494 |
22.5%
|
| 5 | Don't agree with either | 41 |
1.9%
|
| 9 | Don't know | 31 |
1.4%
|
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 29 by saying, “I am now going to give you several pairs of statements. Please tell me which one you agree with most. Choose Statement A or Statement B.” Then, the interviewer probed for strength of opinion.