Afrobarometer Survey 2000, Round 1

South Africa, 2000

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ZAF_2000_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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Preference for democratic VS non-democratic govt (Q79)

Data file: saf_r1_data.sav

Overview

Valid: 2200

Invalid: -

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 4

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 376

End: 377

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 4

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

79. With which of these statements are you most in agreement? A, B, or C?
A. Democracy is preferable to any other form of government.
B. In some circumstances, a non-democratic government can be preferable to a democratic government.
C. For someone like me, a democratic or non-democratic regime makes no difference.

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Democracy always preferable	1312	59.6%
2	Non-democratic govt can be preferable	283	12.9%
3	Makes no difference	467	21.2%
4	Don't know	138	6.3%
98	Refused	0	0%
99	Missing	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.

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