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Afrobarometer Survey 1999-2000, Merged Round 1 Data (12 Countries)

Botswana, Ghana, Lesotho, Mali, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, Zi, 1999 - 2001
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AFR_1999_AFB-MR1_v01_M
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Institute for Democracy in South Africa (IDASA), Michigan State University (MSU), Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana)
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Data file: merged_r1_data.sav

Afrobarometer round 1 survey merged data. The data covered 12 African countries.

Cases: 21531
Variables: 144

Variables

refnumb
Reference number
casenumb
Respondent number
country
Country
identity
Identity
supdem
suppdemo/Support for democracy
supold
prevsyst/Previous System
supnow
elecsyst/Elections and parties/Rating of current government
supfut
futsyst/Future system
rejone
oneprule/One political party
rejtrd
tradrule/Traditional system of gov. by kings and chiefs
rejmil
milirule/Army come in
rejdic
presdeci/President could decide everything?
rejexp
exptrule/Government by experts
dmpext
extndemo/Is this country a democracy?
dmpsat
satisdem/Satisfaction with democracy
dmpvot
votematt/Not get any better if vote?
dmpsay
caresay/Have to be careful what you do and say with regards to polit
defnew
donews/Shut newspapers
defjug
dojudges/Dismiss judges
defele
doelecs/Cancel elections/and suspend the parliament
spamar
markpric/Market pricing?
spafee
schlfees/School fees?/Health fees?
sparet
csjobs/Civil servants jobs?
spaprv
privatiz/Privatize government enterprises?
sapknw
knowsap/Heard about SAP?
sapmin
helphurt/Minority have suffered?
sapsat
satissap/Satisfied SAP/SAP's effect on your life
occup
Occupation
gender
Gender
age
Age
educ
Education
unemp
Unemployed
urbrur
Urban or Rural
medrad
radnews/Radio news
medtv
tvnews/TV news
mednew
newspap/Newspapers
povfoo
wofood/Without food
povwat
wowater/Without Water
povhth
wohealth/Without healthcare
povelc
woelecty/how often have you gone without electricity in your home?
povinc
wocash/How often have you gone without a cash income?
hltmen
tired/Routine affected by tired
aidexp
knowaids/do you know of a close friend or relative who died of AIDS?
demoe1
meandemo/Meaning of democracy
demoe2
meandem2/Meaning of democracy
demoe3
meandem3/Meaning of democracy
demmaj
meanmaj/democratic society and majority rule?
demspc
meanfree/Democratic society and freedom to criticise the govt?
demele
meanelec/democratic society and regular elections?
demmpd
meanprty/Democratic society and at least 2 parties competing?
demnec
meanbasc/democratic society and basic necessities?
dememp
meanjobs/Democratic society and jobs for everyone?
demedu
meaneduc/democratic society and equal education?
demgap
meaneqal/Democratic society and small income gap between rich and poo
marsuc
respwell/Responsible for well being?
marjob
respjob/Responsible providing employment?
marear
freeearn/Free to earn?
marrsk
startbus/Start new business?
marhse
resphous/Building house
marcdt
respcrdt/Agricultural credit
marcom
respprim/Producing and marketing primary commodity
marsch
respscho/Providing school/clinics
maremp
respjobs/Creating jobs
marcrm
respcrim/Reducing crime
sctrust
trustgen/Trust generally
scint
intrpols/Interested in politics/follow what happens in govt and public affairs
scdsc
dscspols/Discuss politics
scund
undergov/Understand government?
sckloc
nmcllr/Name local government representative
sckmp
nmmp/Name Legislative representative
sckfin
nmminfin/Name Finance Minister
sckvp
nmvpres/Name Vice-President
nidprd
citproud/Proud of country citizenship
nidchl
citchild/Children should think of themselves as national citizens
gidprd
ideproud/Feel proud to be part of identity group
gidchl
idechild/Want children to think of themselves as part of identity group
gidbes
idebest/People belonging to this identity group are the best
gidstr
ideties/Stronger ties to group than to other national citizens
pfesol
adeqliv/Adequate living standard
pfeemp
handjobs/Handling jobs
pfeprc
handpric/Handling prices
pfegap
handgap/Handling gaps
pfenow
econcond/Satisfied national economy
pfepas
satpast/Past economic satisfaction, since 1 year ago (EW egocentric, SAB sociotropic)
pfefut
satfut/life's prospects/country economic conditions in one year
pfeerd
livecond/Conditions better/worse
pfegrp
ideconds/Identity group economic conditions compared to others
pfrsay
freesay/Free to say
pfrass
freejoin/Join any organization
pfrvot
freechse/Free to choose
pfreql
equaltrt/Treated equally
pfrele
elhonest/Elections honest
pfrgpt
citequal/All treated as equal citizens
pfrfai
idenfair/Identity treated fairly
pfrall
allgrps/Govt represents interests of all citizens or of just one group?
pfrgpr
whchgrp/Which group's interest is mostly represented by govt.?
pfpcrm
handcrim/Handling crime
pfpsaf
safepast/Safety five years ago
pfpcr1
handcorr/Handling corruption
pfpcr2
corrupti/Bribery not common/How many involved in corruption?
pfpcr3
correlec/corruption among elected leaders
pfpcr4
corrserv/corruption among civil servants
pfpcr5
corrwrse/Corruption worse under old military gov.
trspre
trpres/Trust the president to do what is right?
trspol
trpolice/Trust police
trscts
trcourts/Trust courts of law
trsarm
trarmy/Trust army
trsnec
trelcco/Trust electoral commission
trsbrd
trbroad/Trust national broadcasting
pfgpre
presperf/Performance of President
pfgmp
mpperf/Legislative representative performance
pfgloc
cllrperf/Local government representative performance
pfgedu
handeduc/Handling education
pfghlt
handheal/Handling basic health
pfghiv
handaids/Handling AIDS
mip1
probctry/Most important problems #1 (condensed)
mip2
probctr2/Most important problems #2 (condensed)
legcon
convals/Constitution expresses values and aspirations of citizens
leggov
abidegov/Govt should have the ultimate decision
memrel
memrelig/Are you a member/attend meetings of a religious association?
memdev
memdevel/Member Devel. assoc./Attend development association
membus
membus/Member Prof./business org./Attend local commercial organisation
memlab
memunion/Member Trade/farmer org./Attend trade union
pidcls
clseprty/Close to party
pidwin
winlose/Close to winner/ruling party or loser/opposition?
parvot
votelast/Voted last elections
parcom
parcomm/Attend community meeting
pariss
parissue/Raise an issue
parral
parrally/Attend election rally
parcam
parcand/Work for candidate
parlet
parnews/Write newspaper
pardem
pardemo/Attend demonstration
parctg
conoffic/Contact government official/or political party official
parcti
coninflu/Contact influential person
xstronld
Strong leader could decide everything?/or Democracy always best
withinwt
Within country weight
acrosswt
Country weight
combinwt
Country weight x within country weight
africawt
Africa weight (countries weighted according to relative population size)
afcombwt
Africa weight x Within country weight
race
Respondent's race?
language
What is your home language?
party
actual party affiliation
area
District
Total: 144
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