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Afrobarometer Survey 1999, Round 1

Zimbabwe, 1999
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ZWE_1999_AFB-R1_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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Afrobarometer round 1 survey data.

Cases: 1200
Variables: 336

Variables

CASENUMB
EA
V1
Unsuccessful visit - HH1
V2
Unsuccessful visit - HH2
V3
Unsuccessful visit - HH3
V4
Unsuccessful visit - HH4
V5
Unsuccessful visit - HH5
V6
Unsuccessful visit - HH6
V7
Unsuccessful visit - HH7
V8
Unsuccessful visit - HH8
V9
Unsuccessful visit - HH9
V10
Number of HH's unsuccessfully visited
V11
Number of calls made to HH where interview took place
V12
Date
Q1
Satisfaction with Economic conditions
Q2
Evaluations of Economic conditions
Q3
Economic expectations
Q4
Evaluations of personal economic conditions compared to others
Q5A
How do you currently obtain food?
Q5B
How do you currently obtain food?
Q5C
How do you currently obtain food?
Q5D
How do you currently obtain food?
Q6A
What other methods would you use to obtain food?
Q6B
What other methods would you use to obtain food?
Q6C
What other methods would you use to obtain food?
Q7A
What safety measures do you have for your home?
Q7B
What safety measures do you have for your home?
Q7C
What safety measures do you have for your home?
Q7D
What safety measures do you have for your home?
Q8A
What other methods would you use to protect your home?
Q8B
What other methods would you use to protect your home?
Q8C
What other methods would you use to protect your home?
Q9A
How do you currently obtain health care?
Q9B
How do you currently obtain health care?
Q9C
How do you currently obtain health care?
Q9D
How do you currently obtain health care?
Q10A
What other methods would you use to obtain health care?
Q10B
What other methods would you use to obtain health care?
Q10C
What other methods would you use to obtain health care?
Q11A
How do you normally obtain cash income?
Q11B
How do you normally obtain cash income?
Q11C
How do you normally obtain cash income?
Q11D
How do you normally obtain cash income?
Q12A
What other methods would you use to obtain cash?
Q12B
What other methods would you use to obtain cash?
Q12C
What other methods would you use to obtain cash?
Q13A
How often have you gone without enough food to eat?
Q13B
How often have you felt unsafe from crime in your home?
Q13C
How often have you gone without necessary medical treatment?
Q13D
How often have you gone without a cash income?
Q13E
How often have you gone without enough clean water to drink?
Q13F
How often have you gone without shelter?
Q13G
How often have you gone without electricity in your home?
Q13H
How often have you had insufficient fuel to heat or cook?
Q14A
How often physical health reduced amount of work?
Q14B
How often worried, anxious or feel tired?
Q15
Is there a nearby school which your kids could attend?
Q16
Do you have an electricity hook-up into home?
Q17
Do you have piped water into home?
Q18A
How often do you attend church group meetings?
Q18B
Attend self-help association?
Q18C
Attend group concerned with local matters?
Q18D
Attend local commercial organisation?
Q18E
Attends group that looks after the community?
Q18F
Attend a trade union?
Q19
People responsible for well-being VS govt. responsible
Q20
Free to earn VS limited income
Q21
Start own business VS govt. employment.
Q22
New business risky VS invest to start business
Q23A
Who should take responsibilty for schools and clinics?
Q23B
Responsibility for creating jobs?
Q23C
Responsibility for building houses?
Q23D
Responsibility for reducing crime?
Q23E
Responsibility for buying or selling tobacco?
Q23F
Responsibility to help farmers borrow money?
Q24
Variety of goods at high prices VS shortages at low prices?
Q25
Free health care, low stds VS pay for better health care
Q26
Keep govt employees VS retrench govt employees
Q27
Govt own factories VS privatization
Q28A
What does democracy mean?
Q28B
What does democracy mean?
Q28C
What does democracy mean?
Q29
Who is the vice president?
Q30
Who is the minister of finance?
Q31
Member of parliament for this constituency?
Q32
Your local councillor?
Q33
Have you contacted govt official or political party official
Q34A
What type of official did you contact?
Q34B
What type of official did you contact?
Q34C
What type of official did you contact?
Q34D
What type of official did you contact?
Q34E
What type of official did you contact?
Q35A
Paid a govt. official to get a job?
Q35B
Paid govt. official to get a maintenance payment, loan or pension?
Q35C
Paid govt. official to get water or electricity?
Q35D
Paid govt. offical to get housing or land?
Q36
Contacted any other influential person?
Q37A
What type of influential person did you contact?
Q37B
Type of influential person contacted
Q37C
Type of influential person contacted
Q37D
Type of influential person contacted
Q38
Local traditional leader, chief or headman?
Q39
Local chief's interest in people?
Q40
How much of the time can local chief be trusted?
Q41
How many chiefs or traditional leaders involved in corruption?
Q42A
How often do you get news from radio?
Q42B
How often do you get news from tv?
Q42C
How often do you get news from newspapers?
Q43
Most people can be trusted VS you must be careful of people?
Q44
Discuss political matters with friends?
Q45
Follow what is happening in govt and public affairs?
Q46A
Feel that you have little or no control over life?
Q46B
Insufficient info about political life and govt. actions?
Q46C
Sometimes political affairs too complicated to understand?
Q46D
Be careful what you do and say with regards to politcs?
Q47
Way you vote doesn't matter VS it matters
Q48
Who is in power makes a difference VS it doesn't matter
Q49
Freeness and fairness of last national election
Q50A
Most important problems to be addressed by govt?
Q50B
Most important problems to be addressed by govt?
Q50C
Most important problems to be addressed by govt?
Q51A
Anyone can freely say what they think?
Q51B
Can join any political organisation they choose.
Q51C
Can live without fear of unjust arrest?
Q51D
Free to choose who to vote for?
Q51E
Everybody treated equally and fairly by govt.?
Q51F
Safe from crime and violence?
Q51G
Have adequate standard of living?
Q51H
Access to basic necessities?
Q51I
Zimbabweans are equal to each other?
Q52
One party to stand for elections and hold office?
Q53
Decisions to be made by council of elders, traditional leaders?
Q54
Army governed the country?
Q55
President could decide everything?
Q56
All decsions made by economic experts rather than by govt.?
Q57
Country returned to White minority rule?
Q58
Govt elected by accepted procedures?
Q59
Govt. exercises power in acceptable way?
Q60
Constitution expresses values and aspirations of Zimbabweans
Q61
Govt should have the ultimate decision?
Q62A
How well is govt creating jobs?
Q62B
How well is govt building houses?
Q62C
How well is govt ensuring that prices remain stable?
Q62D
How well does govt reduce crime?
Q62E
How well is govt improving health services?
Q62F
How well does govt address educational needs of all Zimbabweans?
Q62G
How well does govt manage the economy?
Q62H
How well does govt deliver basic services like water?
Q62I
How well does govt ensure that everyone has sufficient land?
Q63
How interested is the President in your well-being?
Q64
How much of the time trust the President?
Q65
What is your opinion of the president's job performance?
Q66
How many govt officials involved in corruption?
Q67
How intersted is parliament in your well-being?
Q68
How much of the time can you trust parliament?
Q69
What do you think about parliament's job performance?
Q70
How many people in parliament involved in corruption?
Q71
How many civil servants involved in corruption?
Q72
How interested is your local councillor in your well-being?
Q73
How much of the time trust your local govt.?
Q74
How has your local govt. performed its job?
Q75
How many officials in local govt involved in corruption?
Q76A
Comparison of current and past govt: effectiveness
Q76B
Comparison of current and past govt:interest in people
Q76C
Comparison of current and past govt: corruption
Q76D
Comparison of current and past govt: trustworthiness
Q77A
How much of the time can you trust the army?
Q77B
How much of the time can you trust the police?
Q77C
How much of the time can you trust the courts of law?
Q77D
How much of the time can you trust the electoral commission?
Q77E
How much of the time can you trust Zimbabwean broadcasting?
Q77F
How much of the time can you trust govt press or newspapers?
Q77G
How much of the time can you trust independent press or news?
Q78
Preference for democratic VS non-democratic govt
Q79
Have you heard about govt's Economic Structural Adjustment Programme
Q80
Economic structural adjustment programme's effect on your life?
Q81
ESAP has helped most people VS it has hurt most
Q82
Besides being Zimbabwean, which group do you belong to?
Q83A
Feel proud to be part of this group
Q83B
Want children to think of themselves as part of group
Q83C
People belonging to this group are the best
Q83D
Stronger ties to group than to other Zimbabweans
Q83E
It makes you proud to be called a Zimbabwean
Q83F
Children should think of themselves as Zimbabwean
Q83G
All Zimbabweans should be treated equally
Q83H
Desirable to create a united Zimbabwe out of all the groups?
Q84
How are your group's economic conditions in comparison to others?
Q85
Identity treated fairly
Q86
Is govt more or less interested in what your group has to say?
Q87
Govt represents interested in all Zimabaweans or just one group?
Q88
Which group's interest is mostly represented by govt.?
Q89
Which is true for you with regards to 1996 national election?
Q90A
Address problems facing the community with others?
Q90B
Attend election rally?
Q90C
Work for political candidate or party?
Q90D
Write a letter to newspaper?
Q91A
Claimed govt benefits to which you are not entitled?
Q91B
Avoid paying development levy or property taxes?
Q91C
Avoid paying income taxes?
Q91D
Get services without paying?
Q92A
Attend a demonstration or protest march?
Q92B
Boycott rates, services and taxes?
Q92C
Partake in sit-ins, disruption of govt meetings
Q92D
Use force or violent methods?
Q93
Support for shutting down of newspapers,radio or tv stations?
Q94A
Response to closing media?
Q94B
Response to closing media?
Q94C
Response to closing media?
Q94D
Response to closing media?
Q95
Support for dismissing judges?
Q96A
Response to dismissing judges
Q96B
Response to dismissing judges
Q96C
Response to dismissing judges
Q96D
Response to dismissing judges
Q97
Support for banning political parties?
Q98A
Response to banning political parties?
Q98B
Response to banning political parties?
Q98C
Response to banning political parties?
Q98D
Response to banning political parties?
Q99
Support suspension of parliament and cancelled elections
Q100A
Response to suspension of parliament and cancelled elections
Q100B
Response to suspension of parliament and cancelled elections
Q100C
Response to suspension of parliament and cancelled elections
Q100D
Response to suspension of parliament and cancelled elections
Q101
Patience to deal with problems VS solve now
Q102A
Democratic society and majority rule?
Q102B
Democratic society and freedom to criticise the govt?
Q102C
Democratic society and regular elections?
Q102D
Democratic society and at least 2 parties competing?
Q102E
Democratic society and basic necessities?
Q102F
Democratic society and jobs for everyone?
Q102G
Democratic society and equal education?
Q102H
Democratic society and small income gap between rich and poor?
Q103
Need a strong leader VS democracy is always best?
Q104
Is Zimbabwe a democracy?
Q105
How satisfied are you with democracy in Zimbabwe?
Q106A
Most important changes about way country is governed?
Q106B
Most important changes about way country is governed?
Q106C
Most important changes about way country is governed?
Q106D
Most important changes about way country is governed?
Q106E
Most important changes about way country is governed?
Q107
Are you close to any political party?
Q108
Which party are you close to?
Q109
How close do you feel to this party?
Q110
How old were you on your last birthday?
Q111
What is your home language?
Q112
What is the highest grade,std,form completed?
Q113
Is your job part-time or full-time or are you looking for one?
Q114
In last year, been without job more than 1 month?
Q115
For how many months were you unemployed?
Q116A
Do you do regular work without cash pay?
Q116B
Do you do regular work without cash pay?
Q116C
Do you do regular work without cash pay?
Q116D
Do you do regular work without cash pay?
Q116E
Do you do regular work without cash pay?
Q116F
Do you do regular work without cash pay?
Q117
What is your present or last occupation?
Q118
Type of occupation?
Q119
Do you know of a close friend or relative who died of AIDS?
Q120
Surburb?
Q121
Town/city?
Q121B
Urban/Rural
Q122
District/ province?
Q123
Country:
Q124
Language interview was conducted in?
Q125
Respondent's gender?
Q126
Responden't race?
Q127
Did respondent have missing limbs?
Q128
Was respondent blind, or nearly blind?
Q129
Did respondent cough repeatedly during the interview?
Q130A
What type of shelter does respondent live in?
Q130B
What type of shelter does respondent live in?
Q130C
What type of shelter does respondent live in?
Q131
Did the household have windows?
Q132
Did household have glass in windows?
Q133
What was roof made of?
Q134
Other adults present listening during the interview?
Q135
Did respondent consult others to answer questions?
Q136
Did anyone influence respondent's answers?
Q137
What proportion of questions did respondent struggle to answer?
Q138
Where was interview conducted?
Q139
What was resondent's attitude?
Q140
What was respondent's attitude?
Q141
What was respondent's attitude?
Q142
What was respondent's attitude?
Q143
What was respondent's attitude?
Q144
What was respondent's attitude?
Q145
Did your presence arouse interest from neighbours?
Q146
Did your presence arouse suspicion from neighbours?
Q147
Did your presence arouse fear from neighbours?
Q148
Were you approached by community/ party representatives?
Q149
Did you feel threatened during interview?
Q150
Were you physically threatened during interview?
Q151
Anything else significant happen during interview?
Q152
Interviewer number?
Q153
Interviewer age?
Q154
Do you come from rural or urban area?
Q155
Interviewer's home language?
Q156
Interviewer's gender?
Q157
Interviewer's race?
Total: 336
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