Afrobarometer Survey 2009, Round 4
Zambia, 2009
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Q42c. Extent of democracy: Vignette B (Q42C)
Data file: zam_r4_data.sav
Overview
Valid:
1200
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
-1
Maximum:
9
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
327
End:
328
Width:
2
Range:
-1 - 9
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
42C. Beatrice lives in a country with regular elections. It has one large political party and many small ones. People are free to express their opinions and to vote as they please. But so far, elections have not led to a change of ruling party. In your opinion, how much of a democracy is Beatrice’s country?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Missing | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 1 | Not a democracy | 153 |
12.8%
|
| 2 | A democracy, with major problems | 389 |
32.4%
|
| 3 | A democracy, but with minor problems | 411 |
34.3%
|
| 4 | A full democracy | 87 |
7.3%
|
| 8 | Do not understand question/democracy | 72 |
6%
|
| 9 | Don't know | 87 |
7.3%
|
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.