Afrobarometer Survey 2001, Round 1
Tanzania, 2001
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What is member of parliament supposed to do (Q72)
Data file: tan_r1_data.sav
Overview
Valid:
2198
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
0
Maximum:
99
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
307
End:
308
Width:
2
Range:
0 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
72. What in your opinion is a member of parliament supposed to do?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Don't know | 137 |
6.2%
|
| 1 | Don't know what a deputy is | 2 |
0.1%
|
| 2 | Write/defend the constitution | 31 |
1.4%
|
| 3 | Vote laws | 6 |
0.3%
|
| 4 | Ensure progress/save the country | 14 |
0.6%
|
| 5 | Represent/defend the population | 507 |
23.1%
|
| 6 | Help/do what the govt wants him to | 5 |
0.2%
|
| 7 | Work for the well-being (of the family) | 5 |
0.2%
|
| 8 | Give opinions/lie | 0 |
0%
|
| 9 | Help to create jobs | 1 |
0%
|
| 10 | Search for the means/develop their community | 511 |
23.2%
|
| 11 | Help village/community to have social infrastructure | 17 |
0.8%
|
| 12 | Break the isolation regions/villages by providing services | 3 |
0.1%
|
| 13 | Promote agriculture/food self sufficiency | 7 |
0.3%
|
| 16 | Parcel out the villages/land | 0 |
0%
|
| 17 | Bring public opinion to the attention of the govt | 401 |
18.2%
|
| 18 | Sortir a la tele | 0 |
0%
|
| 19 | Play the role she was elected for | 165 |
7.5%
|
| 20 | Deal with the protection of children | 0 |
0%
|
| 21 | Gather in consideration of a vote | 0 |
0%
|
| 22 | Bring community problems to govt's attention | 328 |
14.9%
|
| 23 | Advise the Head of State/work for the state/elect the Pres | 4 |
0.2%
|
| 24 | Inform the people on govt position | 6 |
0.3%
|
| 25 | Guide mayor/help party | 17 |
0.8%
|
| 26 | Manage govt/public interest | 8 |
0.4%
|
| 27 | Give money or other help | 9 |
0.4%
|
| 28 | Do nothing/personal interest | 0 |
0%
|
| 29 | Propogate disorder | 0 |
0%
|
| 30 | Cause expenditures | 2 |
0.1%
|
| 31 | Educate the population | 5 |
0.2%
|
| 32 | Promote women | 0 |
0%
|
| 98 | Refused | 6 |
0.3%
|
| 99 | Missing data | 1 |
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.
Interviewer instructions
Question was open ended. Responses were recorded verbatim and coded afterwards.