Afrobarometer Survey 1999, Round 1
Zimbabwe, 1999
Get MicrodataCreated on
Jan 19, 2021
Last modified
Jan 19, 2021
Page views
13105
Downloads
136
- Data files
- zim_r1_data.sav
What does democracy mean? (Q28A)
Data file: zim_r1_data.sav
Overview
Valid:
1200
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
99
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
2
Start:
418
End:
422
Width:
5
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
28A. What, if anything, do you understand by the word “democracy”? What comes to your mind when you hear the word?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Don't know | 208 |
17.3%
|
| 2 | When country is run by the people | 60 |
5%
|
| 3 | To be independent | 8 |
0.7%
|
| 4 | The right to everything | 12 |
1%
|
| 5 | Freedom in everything except crime | 21 |
1.8%
|
| 6 | Freedom of speech | 63 |
5.3%
|
| 7 | Equal rights | 46 |
3.8%
|
| 8 | Different groups must have different rights | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 9 | To own property/land | 7 |
0.6%
|
| 10 | Freedom of movement | 5 |
0.4%
|
| 11 | Freedom in general | 106 |
8.8%
|
| 12 | Free education | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 13 | Reduce crime | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 14 | Free medical treatment | 0 |
0%
|
| 15 | Be able to criticise govt | 4 |
0.3%
|
| 16 | Peace | 18 |
1.5%
|
| 17 | Justice | 4 |
0.3%
|
| 18 | No war | 2 |
0.2%
|
| 19 | Human rights | 9 |
0.8%
|
| 20 | Unity | 42 |
3.5%
|
| 21 | Never heard of such a word | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 22 | Right to vote | 15 |
1.3%
|
| 23 | Improve living conditions | 15 |
1.3%
|
| 24 | Development | 6 |
0.5%
|
| 25 | Right to join any political party | 2 |
0.2%
|
| 26 | Police protection | 0 |
0%
|
| 27 | To advise each other when ruling | 5 |
0.4%
|
| 28 | To have rules formulated by people | 20 |
1.7%
|
| 29 | Ruling without discrimination | 6 |
0.5%
|
| 30 | Many political parties | 10 |
0.8%
|
| 31 | Majority rule | 181 |
15.1%
|
| 32 | Good leadership | 33 |
2.8%
|
| 33 | Freedom of expression | 32 |
2.7%
|
| 34 | To rule satisfactorily | 9 |
0.8%
|
| 35 | To live in harmony | 8 |
0.7%
|
| 36 | Having what people want | 27 |
2.3%
|
| 37 | People help the ruler | 5 |
0.4%
|
| 38 | Govt assist the people | 13 |
1.1%
|
| 39 | Govt promotes development | 4 |
0.3%
|
| 40 | Autocracy | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 41 | Oppression of majority | 2 |
0.2%
|
| 42 | Fair elections | 5 |
0.4%
|
| 43 | Working together with govt | 15 |
1.3%
|
| 44 | Nothing | 88 |
7.3%
|
| 45 | Democracy is meaningless | 44 |
3.7%
|
| 46 | Enough food | 9 |
0.8%
|
| 47 | Self-rule | 4 |
0.3%
|
| 49 | Taking authority to change things | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 98 | Refused to answer | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 99 | Missing data | 20 |
1.7%
|
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.