Afrobarometer Survey 2012, Round 5
Malawi, 2012
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Q44. Essential characteristics of democracy: equality, fair election, etc. (Q44)
Data file: mlw_r5_data_july_2015
Overview
Valid:
2407
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
-1
Maximum:
9
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
424
End:
426
Width:
3
Range:
-1 - 9
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
44. Many things may be desirable, but not all of them are essential characteristics of democracy. If you have to choose only one of the things that I am going to read, which one would you choose as the most essential characteristic of democracy?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Missing | 1 |
0%
|
| 1 | Government narrows the gap between the rich and the poor | 483 |
20.1%
|
| 2 | People choose government leaders in free and fair elections | 478 |
19.9%
|
| 3 | Government does not waste any public money | 268 |
11.1%
|
| 4 | People are free to express their political views openly | 1096 |
45.5%
|
| 8 | None of these | 17 |
0.7%
|
| 9 | Don't know | 64 |
2.7%
|
| 998 | Refused | 0 |
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.