Afrobarometer Survey 1999, Round 1
Botswana, 1999
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What does democracy mean? (Q28C)
Data file: bot_r1_data.sav
Overview
Valid:
1200
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
99
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
2
Start:
332
End:
336
Width:
5
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
28C. What, if anything, do you understand by the word “democracy”? What comes to your mind when you hear the word?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Don't know | 2 |
0.2%
|
| 2 | When country is run by the people | 0 |
0%
|
| 3 | To be independent | 10 |
0.8%
|
| 4 | The right to everything | 0 |
0%
|
| 5 | Freedom in everything except crime | 2 |
0.2%
|
| 6 | Freedom of speech | 5 |
0.4%
|
| 7 | Equal rights | 6 |
0.5%
|
| 8 | Different groups must have different rights | 0 |
0%
|
| 9 | To own property/land | 5 |
0.4%
|
| 10 | Freedom of movement | 0 |
0%
|
| 11 | Freedom in general | 8 |
0.7%
|
| 12 | Free education | 0 |
0%
|
| 13 | Reduce crime | 0 |
0%
|
| 14 | Free medical treatment | 0 |
0%
|
| 15 | Be able to criticise govt | 0 |
0%
|
| 16 | Peace | 6 |
0.5%
|
| 17 | Justice | 4 |
0.3%
|
| 18 | No war | 2 |
0.2%
|
| 19 | Human rights | 3 |
0.3%
|
| 20 | Unity | 5 |
0.4%
|
| 21 | Never heard of such a word | 0 |
0%
|
| 22 | Right to vote | 2 |
0.2%
|
| 23 | Improve living conditions | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 24 | Development | 0 |
0%
|
| 25 | Right to join any political party | 3 |
0.3%
|
| 26 | Police protection | 0 |
0%
|
| 27 | To advise each other when ruling | 2 |
0.2%
|
| 28 | To have rules formulated by people | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 29 | Ruling without discrimination | 2 |
0.2%
|
| 30 | Many political parties | 0 |
0%
|
| 31 | Majority rule | 0 |
0%
|
| 32 | Good leadership | 0 |
0%
|
| 33 | Freedom of expression | 4 |
0.3%
|
| 34 | To rule satisfactorily | 0 |
0%
|
| 35 | To live in harmony | 0 |
0%
|
| 36 | Having what people want | 0 |
0%
|
| 37 | People help the ruler | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 38 | Govt assist the people | 0 |
0%
|
| 39 | Govt promotes development | 0 |
0%
|
| 40 | Autocracy | 0 |
0%
|
| 41 | Oppression of majority | 0 |
0%
|
| 42 | Fair elections | 2 |
0.2%
|
| 43 | Working together with govt | 2 |
0.2%
|
| 44 | Nothing | 0 |
0%
|
| 45 | Democracy is meaningless | 0 |
0%
|
| 46 | Enough food | 0 |
0%
|
| 47 | Self-rule | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 49 | Taking authority to change things | 0 |
0%
|
| 50 | Cant explain properly | 0 |
0%
|
| 51 | Govt of people, by people, for the people | 5 |
0.4%
|
| 52 | No civil War | 0 |
0%
|
| 53 | Good Standard of living | 0 |
0%
|
| 54 | Power sharing | 0 |
0%
|
| 55 | No discrimination | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 56 | Providing services | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 57 | Govt being fair to people | 0 |
0%
|
| 58 | Elected govt | 3 |
0.3%
|
| 59 | Accountable govt | 0 |
0%
|
| 60 | Good governace | 2 |
0.2%
|
| 61 | No dictatorship | 0 |
0%
|
| 62 | Stability | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 63 | Too afraid to give opinion | 0 |
0%
|
| 64 | Freedom of religion / worship | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 65 | Employment | 0 |
0%
|
| 66 | Having one constitution for the country | 0 |
0%
|
| 67 | Colonialism | 0 |
0%
|
| 96 | No further answer | 2 |
0.2%
|
| 98 | Refused | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 99 | Missing | 1104 |
92%
|
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
Respondent could give up to three answers.