Afrobarometer Survey 2011, Round 5
South Africa, 2011
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Q79-SAF.(1) The government should be able to restrict access to any information it sees fit, even if this allows it to cover up mistakes and corruption. (2)The government should only be able to restrict access to information that is vital to national (Q79_SAF)
Data file: saf_r5_data_july_2015
Overview
Valid:
2399
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
1
Range:
-1 - 998
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
79-SAF. Which of the following statements is closest to your view? Choose Statement 1 or Statement 2.
Statement 1: The government should be able to restrict access to any information it sees fit, even if this allows it to cover up mistakes and corruption.
Statement 2: The government should only be able to restrict access to information that is vital to national security, even if this means it is embarassed from time to time.
Statement 1: The government should be able to restrict access to any information it sees fit, even if this allows it to cover up mistakes and corruption.
Statement 2: The government should only be able to restrict access to information that is vital to national security, even if this means it is embarassed from time to time.
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Missing | 0 |
0%
|
| 1 | Agree very strongly with 1 | 278 |
11.6%
|
| 2 | Agree with 1 | 612 |
25.5%
|
| 3 | Agree with 2 | 805 |
33.6%
|
| 4 | Agree very strongly with 2 | 382 |
15.9%
|
| 5 | Agree with neither | 216 |
9%
|
| 9 | Don't know | 106 |
4.4%
|
| 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.