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Afrobarometer Survey 2000, Round 1

Lesotho, 2000
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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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Most important problems to be addressed by govt. (Q51A)

Data file: les_r1_data.sav

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Valid: 1177
Invalid: -
Minimum: 9
Maximum: 999
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 248
End: 250
Width: 3
Range: 9 - 999
Format: Numeric

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Literal question
51A. What are the most important problems facing this country that the government should address?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Apartheid 0
0%
2 Abuse 0
0%
3 Affirmative action 0
0%
4 Affrirmative action ( too much ) 0
0%
5 AIDS 0
0%
6 Bursaries 0
0%
7 Child Welfare 0
0%
8 Child abuse 0
0%
9 Crime 53
4.5%
10 Corruption 4
0.3%
11 Corruption in govt 1
0.1%
12 Civil war 1
0.1%
13 Death sentence should be returned 0
0%
14 Death rate too high 2
0.2%
15 Discrimination 1
0.1%
16 Disputes between political parties 7
0.6%
17 Diseases 2
0.2%
18 Drought 1
0.1%
19 Drought relief 0
0%
20 Development 6
0.5%
21 Development of rural areas 0
0%
22 Drugs/alcohol 0
0%
23 Democracy 0
0%
24 Donor fund mismanagement 1
0.1%
25 Don't know 59
5%
26 Economy 4
0.3%
27 Economic stabilisation 5
0.4%
28 Education (equality) 0
0%
29 Education (too expensive) 4
0.3%
30 Education (poor quality) 1
0.1%
31 Education (quality of schools) 2
0.2%
32 Education (shortage of schools) 3
0.3%
33 Educational facilities 0
0%
34 Environment 0
0%
35 Elections 6
0.5%
36 Electricity 0
0%
37 Electricity (need more) 1
0.1%
38 Equality 2
0.2%
39 Equal dev for all areas 0
0%
40 Financial problems 0
0%
41 Financial future 0
0%
42 Funding indigenous business 0
0%
43 Foreign investment 0
0%
44 Food supply 2
0.2%
45 Government 1
0.1%
46 Govt responsibility 0
0%
47 Govt spending 0
0%
48 Govt unresponsive 1
0.1%
49 Govt does not communicate 0
0%
50 Housing 1
0.1%
51 Housing (poor quality) 0
0%
52 Housing ( shortage) 0
0%
53 Health 4
0.3%
54 Health (medical supplies) 0
0%
55 Health services (too expensive) 0
0%
56 Health services (poor quality) 3
0.3%
57 Health services (shortage) 6
0.5%
58 Health services in rural areas 0
0%
59 Hawkers/street vendors 0
0%
60 Intimidation 0
0%
61 Infrastructure 0
0%
62 Immigration 0
0%
63 Investments 0
0%
64 Job creation 28
2.4%
65 Labour laws 0
0%
66 Lack of unity among people 2
0.2%
67 Lack of self-help projects 0
0%
68 Lack of money for school fees 0
0%
69 Murder 3
0.3%
70 Nepotism 0
0%
71 Nothing/No problems 15
1.3%
72 Oppression 1
0.1%
73 Poverty 38
3.2%
74 Prices too high 0
0%
75 Protection of property owners 0
0%
76 Population explosion 0
0%
77 Policing 0
0%
78 Political tension 16
1.4%
79 Political unrest 5
0.4%
80 Pensions 6
0.5%
81 Pensions need to be increased 1
0.1%
82 Rape 0
0%
83 Racism 0
0%
84 Rights 0
0%
85 Roads 16
1.4%
86 Roads (poor quality) 11
0.9%
87 Roads (need more) 0
0%
88 Recreational facilities 0
0%
89 RDP 0
0%
90 Riots 0
0%
91 Security 8
0.7%
92 Squatting/squattors 0
0%
93 Strikes 0
0%
94 Services (water & electricity) 2
0.2%
95 Services (lack of) 2
0.2%
96 Services (poor quality) 1
0.1%
97 Services (too expensive) 1
0.1%
98 Starvation 107
9.1%
99 Sewerage 0
0%
100 Standard of living 0
0%
101 Theft 76
6.5%
102 Taxes 1
0.1%
103 Taxes too high 0
0%
104 Toilets/sanitation 3
0.3%
105 Transport 0
0%
106 Teenage pregnancies 0
0%
107 Tribalism 1
0.1%
108 Unemployment 521
44.3%
109 Violence 4
0.3%
110 Vandalism 0
0%
111 Wages too high 0
0%
112 Wages too low 0
0%
113 Water (not enough) 18
1.5%
114 Water (provide more) 0
0%
115 Water (poor quality) 1
0.1%
116 Welfare 4
0.3%
117 Children should follow tradition 0
0%
118 Crop failure 2
0.2%
119 Devaluation of currency 0
0%
120 Care of Elderly 1
0.1%
121 Free & fair council elections 0
0%
122 Food prices should be low 0
0%
123 Food shortage 1
0.1%
124 Economic policy failure 2
0.2%
125 Health clinics to be provided 1
0.1%
126 Inflation high 1
0.1%
127 Lack of loans 1
0.1%
128 Too many leaders 0
0%
129 Suffering 0
0%
130 Transport prices too high 0
0%
131 Wealth being lost rapidly 0
0%
132 Voter education 0
0%
133 Telecommunications 0
0%
134 Street lights 0
0%
135 Sports problems 0
0%
136 Street children 0
0%
137 Implementation of govt policies 0
0%
138 Immigrants 0
0%
139 Govt favours foreigners 0
0%
140 Poor govt administration 1
0.1%
141 Nuclear weapons 0
0%
142 School drop-outs 0
0%
143 Use of prisoners for labour 0
0%
144 Reduce income disparity 0
0%
145 Road accidents 0
0%
146 Assist disabled 0
0%
147 Assist orphans 0
0%
148 Water & electricity 0
0%
149 Reduce school fees 0
0%
150 Strengthen democracy 0
0%
151 Home affairs 0
0%
152 Farm workers benefits 0
0%
153 Govt assistance 2
0.2%
154 Leaders must take responsibility 0
0%
155 Training of police officers 0
0%
156 Homosexual issues 0
0%
157 More links between govt & people 2
0.2%
158 Protection against wild animals 0
0%
159 Nature conservation 0
0%
160 Better qualified teachers 0
0%
161 Traditional leaders 0
0%
162 Army training 0
0%
163 Promiscuity 0
0%
164 Fair land distribution 1
0.1%
165 DRC war 0
0%
166 5th brigade attocracies 0
0%
167 Irresponsible members of parliament 1
0.1%
168 Assistance for needy people 1
0.1%
169 Poor woking conditions 1
0.1%
170 Lack of peace & freedom 14
1.2%
171 Lack of co-operation between political parties 0
0%
172 Cash payment to farmers for products 1
0.1%
173 President favours home area 0
0%
174 Increased govt assistance (seed & fertiliser) 2
0.2%
175 Fine those who default on loans 0
0%
176 Govt should develop all regions 2
0.2%
177 Govt should build a bank 0
0%
178 Environmental degradation 0
0%
179 Need for new govt 0
0%
180 High school fees 0
0%
181 Lack of maize in markets 2
0.2%
182 Lack of justice in govt 0
0%
183 Lack of land to cultivate 0
0%
184 Lack of farming improvements 6
0.5%
185 Trading centres too far 0
0%
186 Headman not trustworthy 0
0%
187 Lack of free hospitals 0
0%
188 Lack of markets 1
0.1%
189 Rigging elections 0
0%
190 Regionalism must stop 0
0%
191 Govt favours people from their party 0
0%
192 Govt should help with school fees for girls 0
0%
193 Corruption among health personnel 0
0%
194 Civil service doctors must take jobs seriously 0
0%
195 Rich have more freedom than poor 0
0%
196 Over-enrolment in schools 0
0%
197 Business matters 0
0%
198 Exploitation of villagers 0
0%
199 Retrenchments 1
0.1%
200 Govt assistance to villagers 0
0%
201 prostitution 0
0%
202 Misuse of democracy 0
0%
203 Accessibilty of loans 0
0%
204 Lack TV service/network 0
0%
205 Lack of post offices 0
0%
206 Lack of policemen 1
0.1%
207 Freedom of dress should stop 0
0%
208 No maize mills nearby 0
0%
209 Lack of respect for elders 0
0%
210 Lack of respect for one another 1
0.1%
211 Economic improvements 0
0%
212 Education 0
0%
213 More bursaries 0
0%
214 Give Land to people 0
0%
215 Agricultural inputs 0
0%
216 Farm inputs 0
0%
217 Hunger 0
0%
218 Prices of essential commodoties too high 0
0%
219 Late distribution of agricultural inputs 0
0%
220 Inadequate jobs 0
0%
221 High prices of mielie meal 0
0%
222 High prices of clothes 0
0%
223 Bad agricultural performance 0
0%
224 Lack of transparency 0
0%
225 Inadequate donor funding 0
0%
226 politics run straight 3
0.3%
227 SADC expelled 1
0.1%
228 livestock secured by government 0
0%
229 burning the shops 1
0.1%
230 reorganize civil service 1
0.1%
231 poor clothing 0
0%
232 leave politics for other forms of governance 1
0.1%
233 shortage of fuel 1
0.1%
234 not enough shops 0
0%
235 uncontrolled guns 0
0%
236 opening of mines 2
0.2%
237 range land preservation 2
0.2%
238 soil erosion 1
0.1%
239 wives of soldiers killed in 1998 given money 1
0.1%
240 stability 6
0.5%
241 sell grain 0
0%
242 self-reliance 0
0%
243 freedom 0
0%
244 poor wool sales 0
0%
245 poor livestock sales 0
0%
246 poor civil servant salaries 1
0.1%
247 education - free 1
0.1%
248 monarchy 2
0.2%
249 chieftainship 0
0%
250 eating 0
0%
251 harmonious life 0
0%
252 dams for watering garden 0
0%
253 less freedom for women in household 0
0%
254 shortage of trees 0
0%
255 people lazy to do for themselves 0
0%
256 Basotho governed as in old days 0
0%
257 expensive passports 0
0%
258 abolish politics 2
0.2%
259 politics 2
0.2%
260 Christianity 0
0%
261 agriculture 2
0.2%
262 stop herdboys from toppling government 1
0.1%
263 lack of mortuaries 4
0.3%
264 provide good governance 1
0.1%
265 peole not be free to destroy government 1
0.1%
266 good relation with South Africa 0
0%
267 lack of cooperation 1
0.1%
268 political education 0
0%
269 bridges 3
0.3%
270 high government officials always lie 2
0.2%
271 privatization 0
0%
272 improved farming 4
0.3%
273 IPA and government to agree 0
0%
274 eradicate complaints 1
0.1%
999 Missing data 4
0.3%
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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