Afrobarometer Survey 2012, Round 5
Liberia, 2012
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Q38. Media checks government vs. avoid negative reporting (q38)
Data file: lib_r5_data_july_2015
Overview
Valid:
1199
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
-1
Maximum:
9
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
390
End:
392
Width:
3
Range:
-1 - 9
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
38. Which of the following statements is closest to your view? Choose Statement 1 or Statement 2.
Statement 1: The news media should constantly investigate and report on government mistakes and corruption.
Statement 2: Too much reporting on negative events, like government mistakes and corruption, only harms the country.
Statement 1: The news media should constantly investigate and report on government mistakes and corruption.
Statement 2: Too much reporting on negative events, like government mistakes and corruption, only harms the country.
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Missing | 6 |
0.5%
|
| 1 | Agree Very Strongly With Statement 1 | 625 |
52.1%
|
| 2 | Agree With Statement 1 | 302 |
25.2%
|
| 3 | Agree With Statement 2 | 158 |
13.2%
|
| 4 | Agree Very Strongly With Statement 2 | 88 |
7.3%
|
| 5 | Agree With Neither | 10 |
0.8%
|
| 9 | Don’t know | 10 |
0.8%
|
| 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.