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Afrobarometer Survey 1999, Round 1

Zambia, 1999
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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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Most important problems to be addressed by govt. (Q50A)

Data file: zam_r1_data.sav

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Valid: 1198
Invalid: -
Minimum: 2
Maximum: 999
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 2
Start: 528
End: 533
Width: 6
Range: 2 - 999
Format: Numeric

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Literal question
50A. What are the most important problems facing this country that the government should address?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Apartheid 0
0%
2 Abuse 1
0.1%
3 Affirmative action 0
0%
4 Affrirmative action ( too much ) 0
0%
5 AIDS 0
0%
6 Bursaries 0
0%
7 Child Welfare 0
0%
8 Child abuse 0
0%
9 Crime 52
4.3%
10 Corruption 7
0.6%
11 Corruption in govt 2
0.2%
12 Civil war 0
0%
13 Death sentence should be returned 0
0%
14 Death rate too high 0
0%
15 Discrimination 0
0%
16 Disputes between political parties 0
0%
17 Diseases 1
0.1%
18 Drought 0
0%
19 Drought relief 4
0.3%
20 Development 0
0%
21 Development of rural areas 1
0.1%
22 Drugs/alcohol 1
0.1%
23 Democracy 1
0.1%
24 Donor fund mismanagement 1
0.1%
25 Don't know 14
1.2%
26 Economy 27
2.3%
27 Economic stabilisation 3
0.3%
28 Education (equality) 5
0.4%
29 Education (too expensive) 86
7.2%
30 Education (poor quality) 38
3.2%
31 Education (quality of schools) 7
0.6%
32 Education (shortage of schools) 19
1.6%
33 Educational facilities 32
2.7%
34 Environment 0
0%
35 Elections 1
0.1%
36 Electricity 15
1.3%
37 Electricity (need more) 0
0%
38 Equality 1
0.1%
39 Equal dev for all areas 1
0.1%
40 Financial problems 8
0.7%
41 Financial future 0
0%
42 Funding indigenous business 0
0%
43 Foreign investment 0
0%
44 Food supply 24
2%
45 Government 1
0.1%
46 Govt responsibility 1
0.1%
47 Govt spending 0
0%
48 Govt unresponsive 0
0%
49 Govt does not communicate 1
0.1%
50 Housing 5
0.4%
51 Housing (poor quality) 5
0.4%
52 Housing ( shortage) 7
0.6%
53 Health 30
2.5%
54 Health (medical supplies) 27
2.3%
55 Health services (too expensive) 42
3.5%
56 Health services (poor quality) 36
3%
57 Health services (shortage) 38
3.2%
58 Health services in rural areas 6
0.5%
59 Hawkers/street vendors 0
0%
60 Intimidation 1
0.1%
61 Infrastructure 10
0.8%
62 Immigration 0
0%
63 Investments 2
0.2%
64 Job creation 99
8.3%
65 Labour laws 0
0%
66 Lack of unity among people 0
0%
67 Lack of self-help projects 1
0.1%
68 Lack of money for school fees 3
0.3%
69 Murder 1
0.1%
70 Nepotism 0
0%
71 Nothing/No problems 5
0.4%
72 Oppression 0
0%
73 Poverty 73
6.1%
74 Prices too high 23
1.9%
75 Protection of property owners 1
0.1%
76 Population explosion 0
0%
77 Policing 1
0.1%
78 Political tension 0
0%
79 Political unrest 0
0%
80 Pensions 0
0%
81 Pensions need to be increased 2
0.2%
82 Rape 0
0%
83 Racism 0
0%
84 Rights 0
0%
85 Roads 25
2.1%
86 Roads (poor quality) 46
3.8%
87 Roads (need more) 1
0.1%
88 Recreational facilities 0
0%
89 RDP 0
0%
90 Riots 1
0.1%
91 Security 3
0.3%
92 Squatting/squattors 0
0%
93 Strikes 0
0%
94 Services (water & electricity) 0
0%
95 Services (lack of) 0
0%
96 Services (poor quality) 0
0%
97 Services (too expensive) 1
0.1%
98 Starvation 7
0.6%
99 Sewerage 0
0%
100 Standard of living 11
0.9%
101 Theft 0
0%
102 Taxes 1
0.1%
103 Taxes too high 1
0.1%
104 Toilets/sanitation 2
0.2%
105 Transport 4
0.3%
106 Teenage pregnancies 0
0%
107 Tribalism 1
0.1%
108 Unemployment 40
3.3%
109 Violence 0
0%
110 Vandalism 0
0%
111 Wages too high 0
0%
112 Wages too low 7
0.6%
113 Water (not enough) 17
1.4%
114 Water (provide more) 8
0.7%
115 Water (poor quality) 6
0.5%
116 Welfare 0
0%
117 Children should follow tradition 0
0%
118 Crop failure 0
0%
119 Devaluation of currency 0
0%
120 Care of Elderly 0
0%
121 Free & fair council elections 0
0%
122 Food prices should be low 0
0%
123 Food shortage 4
0.3%
124 Economic policy failure 0
0%
125 Health clinics to be provided 10
0.8%
126 Inflation high 1
0.1%
127 Lack of loans 10
0.8%
128 Too many leaders 0
0%
129 Suffering 0
0%
130 Transport prices too high 3
0.3%
131 Wealth being lost rapidly 1
0.1%
132 Voter education 1
0.1%
133 Telecommunications 1
0.1%
134 Street lights 0
0%
135 Sports problems 1
0.1%
136 Street children 2
0.2%
137 Implementation of govt policies 2
0.2%
138 Immigrants 0
0%
139 Govt favours foreigners 0
0%
140 Poor govt administration 1
0.1%
141 Nuclear weapons 0
0%
142 School drop-outs 0
0%
143 Use of prisoners for labour 0
0%
144 Reduce income disparity 0
0%
145 Road accidents 0
0%
146 Assist disabled 0
0%
147 Assist orphans 0
0%
148 Water & electricity 0
0%
149 Reduce school fees 3
0.3%
150 Strengthen democracy 0
0%
151 Home affairs 0
0%
152 Farm workers benefits 0
0%
153 Govt assistance 4
0.3%
154 Leaders must take responsibility 2
0.2%
155 Training of police officers 1
0.1%
156 Homosexual issues 0
0%
157 More links between govt & people 1
0.1%
158 Protection against wild animals 3
0.3%
159 Nature conservation 0
0%
160 Better qualified teachers 1
0.1%
161 Traditional leaders 0
0%
162 Army training 0
0%
163 Promiscuity 0
0%
164 Fair land distribution 0
0%
165 DRC war 0
0%
166 5th brigade attocracies 0
0%
167 Irresponsible members of parliament 1
0.1%
168 Assistance for needy people 0
0%
169 Poor woking conditions 1
0.1%
170 Lack of peace & freedom 0
0%
171 Lack of co-operation between political parties 0
0%
172 Cash payment to farmers for products 1
0.1%
173 President favours home area 0
0%
174 Increased govt assistance (seed & fertiliser) 12
1%
175 Fine those who default on loans 0
0%
176 Govt should develop all regions 2
0.2%
177 Govt should build a bank 0
0%
178 Environmental degradation 0
0%
179 Need for new govt 0
0%
180 High school fees 4
0.3%
181 Lack of maize in markets 0
0%
182 Lack of justice in govt 0
0%
183 Lack of land to cultivate 0
0%
184 Lack of farming improvements 4
0.3%
185 Trading centres too far 0
0%
186 Headman not trustworthy 0
0%
187 Lack of free hospitals 2
0.2%
188 Lack of markets 2
0.2%
189 Rigging elections 1
0.1%
190 Regionalism must stop 0
0%
191 Govt favours people from their party 1
0.1%
192 Govt should help with school fees for girls 0
0%
193 Corruption among health personnel 0
0%
194 Civil service doctors must take jobs seriously 0
0%
195 Rich have more freedom than poor 0
0%
196 Over-enrolment in schools 0
0%
197 Business matters 0
0%
198 Exploitation of villagers 0
0%
199 Retrenchments 2
0.2%
200 Govt assistance to villagers 1
0.1%
201 prostitution 0
0%
202 Misuse of democracy 0
0%
203 Accessibilty of loans 6
0.5%
204 Lack TV service/network 0
0%
205 Lack of post offices 0
0%
206 Lack of policemen 0
0%
207 Freedom of dress should stop 0
0%
208 No maize mills nearby 0
0%
209 Lack of respect for elders 0
0%
210 Lack of respect for one another 0
0%
211 Economic improvements 5
0.4%
212 Education 5
0.4%
213 More bursaries 0
0%
214 Give Land to people 1
0.1%
215 Agricultural inputs 56
4.7%
216 Farm inputs 4
0.3%
217 Hunger 10
0.8%
218 Prices of essential commodoties too high 2
0.2%
219 Late distribution of agricultural inputs 7
0.6%
220 Inadequate jobs 1
0.1%
221 High prices of mielie meal 3
0.3%
222 High prices of clothes 1
0.1%
223 Bad agricultural performance 9
0.8%
224 Lack of transparency 0
0%
225 Inadequate donor funding 0
0%
999 Missing data 47
3.9%
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.
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