Afrobarometer Survey 2000, Round 1
South Africa, 2000
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Keep govt employees VS retrench govt employees (Q26)
Data file: saf_r1_data.sav
Overview
Valid:
2200
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
6
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
137
End:
138
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 6
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
26.
A. The number of people who work for government should not be reduced, even if paying their salaries is costly to the country.
B. The government cannot afford so many public employees and should lay off/retrench some of them.
A. The number of people who work for government should not be reduced, even if paying their salaries is costly to the country.
B. The government cannot afford so many public employees and should lay off/retrench some of them.
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keep govt employees: Agree strongly | 623 |
28.3%
|
| 2 | Keep govt employees: Agree somewhat | 459 |
20.9%
|
| 3 | Retrench govt employees: Agree somewhat | 418 |
19%
|
| 4 | Retrench govt employees: Agree strongly | 534 |
24.3%
|
| 5 | Do not know | 73 |
3.3%
|
| 6 | Do not agree with either | 93 |
4.2%
|
| 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.
Interviewer instructions
The enumerator introduced the pair of statements by saying, “Here are several more pairs of statements. Please tell me whether you most agree with Statement A or Statement B.” Then, the enumerator probed for strength of opinion.