Afrobarometer Survey 2003, Round 2
Botswana, 2003
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Q49a. Responsibilities of Parliament Representative - 1st response (q49a)
Data file: bot_r2_data.sav
Overview
Valid:
1200
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
0
Maximum:
999
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
382
End:
384
Width:
3
Range:
0 - 999
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
49. In your opinion, what are the most important responsibilities of your member of Parliament? 1st response
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Missing data | 0 |
0%
|
| 0 | None/No responsibilities | 2 |
0.2%
|
| 1 | Make laws | 9 |
0.8%
|
| 2 | Approve/ratify budget | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 3 | Listen to the people | 105 |
8.8%
|
| 4 | Represent the people | 228 |
19%
|
| 5 | Check and balance executive branch | 2 |
0.2%
|
| 6 | Deliver development/solve people's problems | 313 |
26.1%
|
| 7 | Fight corruption | 3 |
0.3%
|
| 8 | Make the government work better | 4 |
0.3%
|
| 9 | Ensure economic equality | 15 |
1.3%
|
| 10 | Spend their own money in the constituency | 0 |
0%
|
| 11 | To ensure justice | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 12 | To rule/to govern | 2 |
0.2%
|
| 13 | Ensure national unity | 4 |
0.3%
|
| 14 | National security | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 15 | Interpret laws/constitution | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 16 | Civic education | 0 |
0%
|
| 17 | Environment | 3 |
0.3%
|
| 20 | Implement education policies | 8 |
0.7%
|
| 21 | Implement health policies | 7 |
0.6%
|
| 22 | Create employment | 57 |
4.8%
|
| 23 | Control prices | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 24 | Control crime | 4 |
0.3%
|
| 25 | Manage the macro-economy | 3 |
0.3%
|
| 26 | Help the poor | 18 |
1.5%
|
| 27 | Improve infrastructure | 190 |
15.8%
|
| 28 | International relations | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 29 | Ensure/protect/promote democracy | 6 |
0.5%
|
| 30 | Handle AIDS issues/AIDS awareness | 2 |
0.2%
|
| 31 | Debate/discuss/decide | 2 |
0.2%
|
| 32 | Social welfare issues (fight poverty, assist poor, elderly) | 34 |
2.8%
|
| 33 | Manage land issues/land distribution | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 34 | Improve agriculture/assist farmers | 5 |
0.4%
|
| 35 | Housing issues | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 50 | Help the population/paternal perspective | 25 |
2.1%
|
| 51 | Keep promises/honesty/obey the law | 7 |
0.6%
|
| 64 | To advise/guide/teach the people | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 80 | Control the population | 0 |
0%
|
| 166 | Lack of road public transport | 0 |
0%
|
| 167 | Implement govt policies like ALDEP | 0 |
0%
|
| 168 | Initiate drought relief projects | 0 |
0%
|
| 169 | Built shops | 0 |
0%
|
| 170 | Should stay in his constituency | 0 |
0%
|
| 171 | Bring headman to the area | 0 |
0%
|
| 172 | Increase civil servants in the area | 0 |
0%
|
| 173 | Attend funerals of his electorates | 0 |
0%
|
| 174 | Encourage people to clean their village | 0 |
0%
|
| 175 | Ensure economy is in the hands of Batswana | 0 |
0%
|
| 176 | Fight juvinile delinquency | 0 |
0%
|
| 177 | Help youths utilise govt aid schemes | 0 |
0%
|
| 178 | To do the job given to him/her by the govt | 0 |
0%
|
| 179 | Ensure children have access to school | 0 |
0%
|
| 995 | Other | 5 |
0.4%
|
| 998 | Refused to answer | 0 |
0%
|
| 999 | Don't know | 128 |
10.7%
|
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.