Afrobarometer Survey 2012, Round 5
Namibia, 2012
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Q38. Media checks government vs. avoid negative reporting (Q38)
Data file: nam_r5_data_july_2015
Overview
Valid:
1200
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
495
End:
497
Width:
3
Range:
-1 - 998
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.
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 | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Missing | 0 |
0%
|
| 1 | Agree very strongly with 1 | 312 |
26%
|
| 2 | Agree with 1 | 437 |
36.4%
|
| 3 | Agree with 2 | 303 |
25.3%
|
| 4 | Agree very strongly with 2 | 133 |
11.1%
|
| 5 | Agree with neither | 13 |
1.1%
|
| 9 | Don't know | 2 |
0.2%
|
| 998 | 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.