Afrobarometer Survey 2011, Round 5

Republic of Cabo Verde, 2011 - 2012

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CPV_2011_AFB-R5_v01_M

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The Institute for Democracy in South Africa (IDASA), Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), Michigan State University (MSU)

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Q38. Media checks government vs. avoid negative reporting (Q38)

Data file: cdi_r5_data_july_2015_0

Overview

Valid: 1200

Invalid: -

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 9

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 378

End: 380

Width: 3

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

38. Which of the following statements is closest to your view? Choose Statement 1 or Statement 2.
Statement 1: The news media should constantly investigate and report on government mistakes and corruption.
Statement 2: Too much reporting on negative events, like government mistakes and corruption, only harms the country.

Categories

Value	Category
-1	Missing
1	Agree very strongly with 1
2	Agree with 1
3	Agree with 2
4	Agree very strongly with 2
5	Agree with neither
9	Don't know
998	Refused

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.

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