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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? (Q50C)

Data file: zam_r1_data.sav

Overview

Valid: 1198
Invalid: -
Minimum: 2
Maximum: 999
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 2
Start: 540
End: 545
Width: 6
Range: 2 - 999
Format: Numeric

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Literal question
50C. 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 1
0.1%
8 Child abuse 0
0%
9 Crime 9
0.8%
10 Corruption 1
0.1%
11 Corruption in govt 1
0.1%
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 0
0%
18 Drought 0
0%
19 Drought relief 0
0%
20 Development 0
0%
21 Development of rural areas 0
0%
22 Drugs/alcohol 0
0%
23 Democracy 0
0%
24 Donor fund mismanagement 0
0%
25 Don't know 1
0.1%
26 Economy 2
0.2%
27 Economic stabilisation 0
0%
28 Education (equality) 1
0.1%
29 Education (too expensive) 17
1.4%
30 Education (poor quality) 8
0.7%
31 Education (quality of schools) 3
0.3%
32 Education (shortage of schools) 10
0.8%
33 Educational facilities 1
0.1%
34 Environment 0
0%
35 Elections 0
0%
36 Electricity 3
0.3%
37 Electricity (need more) 0
0%
38 Equality 1
0.1%
39 Equal dev for all areas 0
0%
40 Financial problems 2
0.2%
41 Financial future 0
0%
42 Funding indigenous business 0
0%
43 Foreign investment 0
0%
44 Food supply 1
0.1%
45 Government 0
0%
46 Govt responsibility 0
0%
47 Govt spending 0
0%
48 Govt unresponsive 1
0.1%
49 Govt does not communicate 0
0%
50 Housing 4
0.3%
51 Housing (poor quality) 0
0%
52 Housing ( shortage) 2
0.2%
53 Health 2
0.2%
54 Health (medical supplies) 11
0.9%
55 Health services (too expensive) 12
1%
56 Health services (poor quality) 12
1%
57 Health services (shortage) 14
1.2%
58 Health services in rural areas 2
0.2%
59 Hawkers/street vendors 0
0%
60 Intimidation 0
0%
61 Infrastructure 2
0.2%
62 Immigration 0
0%
63 Investments 0
0%
64 Job creation 22
1.8%
65 Labour laws 0
0%
66 Lack of unity among people 0
0%
67 Lack of self-help projects 3
0.3%
68 Lack of money for school fees 2
0.2%
69 Murder 0
0%
70 Nepotism 0
0%
71 Nothing/No problems 2
0.2%
72 Oppression 0
0%
73 Poverty 21
1.8%
74 Prices too high 6
0.5%
75 Protection of property owners 0
0%
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 0
0%
82 Rape 0
0%
83 Racism 0
0%
84 Rights 0
0%
85 Roads 17
1.4%
86 Roads (poor quality) 18
1.5%
87 Roads (need more) 2
0.2%
88 Recreational facilities 1
0.1%
89 RDP 0
0%
90 Riots 0
0%
91 Security 4
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) 1
0.1%
97 Services (too expensive) 0
0%
98 Starvation 0
0%
99 Sewerage 0
0%
100 Standard of living 5
0.4%
101 Theft 0
0%
102 Taxes 0
0%
103 Taxes too high 1
0.1%
104 Toilets/sanitation 1
0.1%
105 Transport 10
0.8%
106 Teenage pregnancies 0
0%
107 Tribalism 1
0.1%
108 Unemployment 72
6%
109 Violence 0
0%
110 Vandalism 0
0%
111 Wages too high 1
0.1%
112 Wages too low 16
1.3%
113 Water (not enough) 10
0.8%
114 Water (provide more) 7
0.6%
115 Water (poor quality) 3
0.3%
116 Welfare 1
0.1%
117 Children should follow tradition 0
0%
118 Crop failure 1
0.1%
119 Devaluation of currency 0
0%
120 Care of Elderly 1
0.1%
121 Free & fair council elections 1
0.1%
122 Food prices should be low 0
0%
123 Food shortage 0
0%
124 Economic policy failure 1
0.1%
125 Health clinics to be provided 6
0.5%
126 Inflation high 4
0.3%
127 Lack of loans 7
0.6%
128 Too many leaders 0
0%
129 Suffering 0
0%
130 Transport prices too high 1
0.1%
131 Wealth being lost rapidly 0
0%
132 Voter education 1
0.1%
133 Telecommunications 4
0.3%
134 Street lights 0
0%
135 Sports problems 0
0%
136 Street children 3
0.3%
137 Implementation of govt policies 2
0.2%
138 Immigrants 1
0.1%
139 Govt favours foreigners 1
0.1%
140 Poor govt administration 3
0.3%
141 Nuclear weapons 0
0%
142 School drop-outs 0
0%
143 Use of prisoners for labour 1
0.1%
144 Reduce income disparity 0
0%
145 Road accidents 0
0%
146 Assist disabled 1
0.1%
147 Assist orphans 2
0.2%
148 Water & electricity 0
0%
149 Reduce school fees 4
0.3%
150 Strengthen democracy 0
0%
151 Home affairs 0
0%
152 Farm workers benefits 1
0.1%
153 Govt assistance 4
0.3%
154 Leaders must take responsibility 0
0%
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 0
0%
159 Nature conservation 0
0%
160 Better qualified teachers 0
0%
161 Traditional leaders 0
0%
162 Army training 0
0%
163 Promiscuity 0
0%
164 Fair land distribution 2
0.2%
165 DRC war 0
0%
166 5th brigade attocracies 0
0%
167 Irresponsible members of parliament 0
0%
168 Assistance for needy people 1
0.1%
169 Poor woking conditions 11
0.9%
170 Lack of peace & freedom 0
0%
171 Lack of co-operation between political parties 0
0%
172 Cash payment to farmers for products 0
0%
173 President favours home area 0
0%
174 Increased govt assistance (seed & fertiliser) 7
0.6%
175 Fine those who default on loans 0
0%
176 Govt should develop all regions 0
0%
177 Govt should build a bank 0
0%
178 Environmental degradation 0
0%
179 Need for new govt 0
0%
180 High school fees 10
0.8%
181 Lack of maize in markets 1
0.1%
182 Lack of justice in govt 0
0%
183 Lack of land to cultivate 0
0%
184 Lack of farming improvements 5
0.4%
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 5
0.4%
189 Rigging elections 0
0%
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 2
0.2%
198 Exploitation of villagers 0
0%
199 Retrenchments 3
0.3%
200 Govt assistance to villagers 2
0.2%
201 prostitution 1
0.1%
202 Misuse of democracy 1
0.1%
203 Accessibilty of loans 13
1.1%
204 Lack TV service/network 0
0%
205 Lack of post offices 0
0%
206 Lack of policemen 1
0.1%
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 1
0.1%
212 Education 3
0.3%
213 More bursaries 0
0%
214 Give Land to people 0
0%
215 Agricultural inputs 59
4.9%
216 Farm inputs 5
0.4%
217 Hunger 17
1.4%
218 Prices of essential commodoties too high 4
0.3%
219 Late distribution of agricultural inputs 17
1.4%
220 Inadequate jobs 3
0.3%
221 High prices of mielie meal 1
0.1%
222 High prices of clothes 1
0.1%
223 Bad agricultural performance 17
1.4%
224 Lack of transparency 4
0.3%
225 Inadequate donor funding 0
0%
996 No further answer 546
45.6%
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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