Afrobarometer Survey 2018, Round 7
Malawi, 2018
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Reference ID
MWI_2018_AFB-R7_v01_M
Producer(s)
Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD), Institute for Justice and Reconciliation in South Africa (IJR), Institute for Empirical Research in Political Economy (IREEP), Institute for Development Studies (IDS), Michigan State University (MSU), University of Cape Town (UCT, South Africa)
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Q81a_mlw. Reasons for low voter turnout in by-elections (Q81A_MLW)
Data file: mlw_r7_data.sav
Overview
Valid:
1200
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
-1
Maximum:
99
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
840
End:
841
Width:
2
Range:
-1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
81A-MLW. The Malawi Electoral Commission recently expressed concern that voter turnout during by-elections is too low. In your opinion, what could be the main reason why most people do not turn out to vote during by-elections?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Missing | 4 |
0.3%
|
| 0 | Most people do vote in by-elections | 12 |
1%
|
| 1 | Polling stations are too far | 6 |
0.5%
|
| 2 | Voting takes too much time | 15 |
1.3%
|
| 3 | People are too busy/doing other things | 51 |
4.3%
|
| 4 | People are living away from their voting location | 4 |
0.3%
|
| 5 | Not enough information about how or when to vote | 19 |
1.6%
|
| 6 | They are not registered/ were unable to register | 7 |
0.6%
|
| 7 | Voting is not compulsory | 22 |
1.8%
|
| 8 | Lack of interest/ voter fatigue | 264 |
22%
|
| 9 | They think their vote won’t make a difference | 203 |
16.9%
|
| 10 | Elections are not fair / [poorly run / not trustworthy | 147 |
12.3%
|
| 11 | People are intimidated or afraid to vote/ afraid of violence | 11 |
0.9%
|
| 12 | They lack information about the candidates | 8 |
0.7%
|
| 13 | They see no difference among candidates | 30 |
2.5%
|
| 14 | They don’t think it matters who gets elected | 118 |
9.8%
|
| 15 | Their party did not field a candidate | 3 |
0.3%
|
| 16 | People are put off by politics | 85 |
7.1%
|
| 17 | They don’t like any of the candidates | 24 |
2%
|
| 95 | Other | 15 |
1.3%
|
| 98 | Refused | 0 |
0%
|
| 99 | Don’t Know | 152 |
12.7%
|
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.
Interviewer instructions
Do not read options. Code from response.
Question post text
If respondent offers more than one response, ask: “Which of those would you consider to be the most important reason?”