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Afrobarometer Survey 2011, Round 5

South Africa, 2011
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ZAF_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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Q52a. How often news media abuse its freedom (Q52A)

Data file: saf_r5_data_july_2015

Overview

Valid: 2399
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 1
Range: 0 - 9
Format: Numeric

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Literal question
52. In your opinion, how often, in this country:
A. Does the news media abuse its freedoms by printing or saying things it knows are not true?
Categories
Value Category Cases
0 Never 516
21.5%
1 Rarely 845
35.2%
2 Often 647
27%
3 Always 287
12%
9 Don't know 104
4.3%
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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