Afrobarometer Survey 1999, Round 1
Zimbabwe, 1999
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Most important changes about way country is governed? (Q106A)
Data file: zim_r1_data.sav
Overview
Valid:
1200
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
99
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
2
Start:
1207
End:
1211
Width:
5
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
106. What are the most important things that need to be changed about the way we govern our country?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Don't know | 88 |
7.3%
|
| 2 | Nothing | 43 |
3.6%
|
| 3 | Ruling of country by constitutional laws | 15 |
1.3%
|
| 4 | Criminal procedures/laws | 11 |
0.9%
|
| 5 | Violence | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 6 | Employment/unemployment | 80 |
6.7%
|
| 7 | Democracy must work | 2 |
0.2%
|
| 8 | Democracy | 8 |
0.7%
|
| 9 | Availability of basic needs ( Water,electricity ) | 9 |
0.8%
|
| 10 | Salaries | 39 |
3.3%
|
| 11 | Schools | 9 |
0.8%
|
| 12 | Prices of goods | 138 |
11.5%
|
| 13 | Living standards | 17 |
1.4%
|
| 14 | Govt officials must visit all parts of country | 26 |
2.2%
|
| 15 | Housing | 6 |
0.5%
|
| 16 | The parliament | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 17 | Election policy | 2 |
0.2%
|
| 18 | They must work for people's benefits | 7 |
0.6%
|
| 19 | Clinic fees must not be increased | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 20 | Fairness/ equality to all | 25 |
2.1%
|
| 21 | Equality in govt jobs | 2 |
0.2%
|
| 22 | President's ruling term to be limited | 20 |
1.7%
|
| 23 | Terminate ex-army pensions | 3 |
0.3%
|
| 24 | Increase export capacity | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 25 | Invite investors into the country | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 26 | Social security | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 27 | Give people land | 14 |
1.2%
|
| 28 | Drought relief | 5 |
0.4%
|
| 29 | Equality to all people | 20 |
1.7%
|
| 30 | Better health services/facilities | 15 |
1.3%
|
| 31 | Freedom | 13 |
1.1%
|
| 32 | Peace | 5 |
0.4%
|
| 33 | Ministers must change | 29 |
2.4%
|
| 34 | Bring back death penalty | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 35 | Increase pension | 4 |
0.3%
|
| 36 | Apartheid | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 37 | Laws against squatter camps | 0 |
0%
|
| 38 | Stop corruption | 39 |
3.3%
|
| 39 | More rights to police officers | 0 |
0%
|
| 40 | Police must patrol areas | 0 |
0%
|
| 41 | Ex-plan fighters must get jobs & privileges | 2 |
0.2%
|
| 42 | More control over personal rights by govt | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 43 | Less control over personal rights by govt | 4 |
0.3%
|
| 44 | Vice-presidents must go | 4 |
0.3%
|
| 45 | Need new constitution | 37 |
3.1%
|
| 46 | President should retire | 52 |
4.3%
|
| 47 | Government need to create employment | 15 |
1.3%
|
| 48 | People suffering | 3 |
0.3%
|
| 49 | Old people should be assisted | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 50 | People should live by traditional customs | 4 |
0.3%
|
| 51 | Prostitution too high | 2 |
0.2%
|
| 52 | Govt should listen to people's problems | 103 |
8.6%
|
| 53 | Reduce number of ministers | 59 |
4.9%
|
| 54 | Rule by chiefs | 9 |
0.8%
|
| 55 | Appointment of ministers | 14 |
1.2%
|
| 56 | Govt should rule properly | 19 |
1.6%
|
| 57 | Should be elections for ministers | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 58 | The economy | 27 |
2.3%
|
| 59 | Reduce President's powers | 27 |
2.3%
|
| 60 | Do away with governors | 4 |
0.3%
|
| 61 | Give headman more power | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 62 | People should be free to join any pol party | 8 |
0.7%
|
| 63 | Freedom in all respects | 6 |
0.5%
|
| 64 | Parliament must change | 6 |
0.5%
|
| 65 | Education | 3 |
0.3%
|
| 66 | Crime | 5 |
0.4%
|
| 67 | Taxes | 12 |
1%
|
| 68 | Poverty | 3 |
0.3%
|
| 69 | Stop rigging elections | 6 |
0.5%
|
| 70 | Build schools | 2 |
0.2%
|
| 71 | Govt budget/Expenditure | 28 |
2.3%
|
| 72 | Assist businessmen with investments | 0 |
0%
|
| 73 | Fire ministers | 2 |
0.2%
|
| 74 | Currency | 3 |
0.3%
|
| 76 | Transport problems | 0 |
0%
|
| 77 | The old to retire for the young | 0 |
0%
|
| 78 | Deport whites | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 98 | Refused to answer | 6 |
0.5%
|
| 99 | Missing data | 18 |
1.5%
|
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.