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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Q31. Political parties divisive vs. many parties needed (Q31)
Data file: bot_r7_data_eng.sav
Overview
Valid:
1198
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
9
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
359
End:
360
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 9
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
31. Which of the following statements is closest to your view? Choose Statement 1 or Statement 2.
Statement 1: Political parties create division and confusion; it is therefore unnecessary to have many political parties in Botswana.
Statement 2: Many political parties are needed to make sure that Batswana have real choices in who governs them.
Statement 1: Political parties create division and confusion; it is therefore unnecessary to have many political parties in Botswana.
Statement 2: Many political parties are needed to make sure that Batswana have real choices in who governs them.
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Missing | 0 |
0%
|
| 1 | Agree very strongly with 1 | 179 |
14.9%
|
| 2 | Agree with 1 | 78 |
6.5%
|
| 3 | Agree with 2 | 176 |
14.7%
|
| 4 | Agree very strongly with 2 | 729 |
60.9%
|
| 5 | Agree with neither | 22 |
1.8%
|
| 8 | Refused | 2 |
0.2%
|
| 9 | Don't know | 12 |
1%
|
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: Do you agree or agree very strongly?