Afrobarometer Survey 2015, Round 6
Egypt, Arab Rep., 2015
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Q17. Newspapers free to publish vs. government control (Q17)
Data file: egy_r6_data_2016_eng.sav
Overview
Valid:
1198
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
9
Mean:
2.98247078464107
Standard deviation:
1.9160823750301
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 9
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
17. Lets talk for a moment about the kind of society you would like to have in this country. Which of the following statements is closest to your view? Choose Statement 1 or Statement 2.
Statement 1: The media should have the right to publish any views and ideas without government control.
Statement 2: The government should have the right to prevent the media from publishing things that it considers harmful to society.
Statement 1: The media should have the right to publish any views and ideas without government control.
Statement 2: The government should have the right to prevent the media from publishing things that it considers harmful to society.
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Missing | 0 |
0%
|
| 1 | Agree very strongly with 1 | 185 |
15.4%
|
| 2 | Agree with 1 | 377 |
31.5%
|
| 3 | Agree with 2 | 366 |
30.6%
|
| 4 | Agree very strongly with 2 | 142 |
11.9%
|
| 5 | Agree with neither | 46 |
3.8%
|
| 9 | Don’t know | 82 |
6.8%
|
| 98 | Refused | 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
Probe for strength of opinion: Doyou agree or agree very strongly?