Afrobarometer Survey 2017, Round 7
Botswana, 2017
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Reference ID
BWA_2017_AFB-R7_v01_M
Producer(s)
Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD), Institute for Justice and Reconciliation in South Africa (IJR), Institute for Empirical Research in Political Economy (IREEP), Institute for Development Studies (IDS), Michigan State University (MSU), University of Cape Town (UCT, South Africa)
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- bot_r7_data_eng.sav
Q30. Choose leaders through elections vs. other methods (Q30)
Data file: bot_r7_data_eng.sav
Overview
Valid:
1198
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
9
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
357
End:
358
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 9
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
30. Which of the following statements is closest to your view? Choose Statement 1 or Statement 2.
Statement 1: We should choose our leaders in this country through regular, open and honest elections.
Statement 2: Since elections sometimes produce bad results, we should adopt other methods for choosing this country’s leaders.
Statement 1: We should choose our leaders in this country through regular, open and honest elections.
Statement 2: Since elections sometimes produce bad results, we should adopt other methods for choosing this country’s leaders.
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Missing | 0 |
0%
|
| 1 | Agree very strongly with 1 | 697 |
58.2%
|
| 2 | Agree with 1 | 234 |
19.5%
|
| 3 | Agree with 2 | 77 |
6.4%
|
| 4 | Agree very strongly with 2 | 165 |
13.8%
|
| 5 | Agree with neither | 18 |
1.5%
|
| 8 | Refused | 0 |
0%
|
| 9 | Don't know | 7 |
0.6%
|
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
Read out statements. Only one option to be chosen. Read the question in the language of the interview, but always read “democracy” in English. Translate “democracy” into local language only if respondent does not understand English term.