Afrobarometer Survey 2008, Round 4
Lesotho, 2008
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Q42d. Extent of democracy: Vignette C (Q42D)
Data file: les_r4_data.sav
Overview
Valid:
1200
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
8
Mean:
2.66666666666667
Standard deviation:
2.29745238509391
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
353
End:
355
Width:
3
Range:
1 - 8
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
42D. Nthabiseng lives in a country with regular elections. It has one big political party and many small ones. People are afraid to express political opinions or to vote for the opposition. The opposition is so weak that it seems that it can never win an election. In your opinion, how much of a democracy is [Person C’s] country?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Missing | 0 |
0%
|
| 1 | Not a democracy | 486 |
40.5%
|
| 2 | A democracy, with major problems | 333 |
27.8%
|
| 3 | A democracy, but with minor problems | 132 |
11%
|
| 4 | A full democracy | 85 |
7.1%
|
| 8 | Do not understand question/democracy | 164 |
13.7%
|
| 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.
Interviewer instructions
Read the question in the language of the interview, but always read “democracy” in English Translate “democracy” into local language only if respondent does not understand English term.