Afrobarometer Survey 2007, Round 3.5
Nigeria, 2007
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NGA_2007_AFB-R3.5_v01_M
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Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD), Institute for Justice and Reconciliation in South Africa (IJR), Institute for Empirical Research in Political Economy (IREEP), Institute for Development Studies (IDS), Michigan State University (MSU), University of Cape Town (UCT, South Africa)
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Q84a. Most important issues in the April 2007 elections in Nigeria (Q84A)
Data file: nig_r3.5_data.sav
Overview
Valid:
2410
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
-1
Maximum:
999
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
766
End:
768
Width:
3
Range:
-1 - 999
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
84. To you personally, what are the most important issues in the April 2007 elections in Nigeria?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Missing data | 2 |
0.1%
|
| 340 | The election should be free and fair | 424 |
17.6%
|
| 341 | Safety/security for voters and voting materials | 183 |
7.6%
|
| 342 | Politicians should avoid use of violence/should be peaceful | 163 |
6.8%
|
| 343 | Qualified/right candidate should be voted to power | 91 |
3.8%
|
| 344 | Anti corruption crusade/no corruption and bribery | 34 |
1.4%
|
| 345 | Availability of enough voting materials | 32 |
1.3%
|
| 346 | INEC staff should be honest/transparent | 99 |
4.1%
|
| 347 | People should be educated on how to vote | 4 |
0.2%
|
| 348 | Counting of votes after election to be done properly | 7 |
0.3%
|
| 349 | Rigging of elections should be avoided | 52 |
2.2%
|
| 350 | People should not trade their voting rights | 33 |
1.4%
|
| 351 | Election result should be released quickly | 12 |
0.5%
|
| 352 | Voters registration exercise should be extended | 3 |
0.1%
|
| 353 | Open ballot system should be adopted for election | 11 |
0.5%
|
| 354 | There should be no unfulfilled promise from contestants | 16 |
0.7%
|
| 355 | Candidates should avoid buying votes | 14 |
0.6%
|
| 356 | Voters should vote candidates of their choice | 19 |
0.8%
|
| 357 | There should be good monitoring of election | 12 |
0.5%
|
| 358 | Everybody should come out to vote | 10 |
0.4%
|
| 359 | Ensure every eligible person get registered | 16 |
0.7%
|
| 550 | People should cast their votes wisely | 3 |
0.1%
|
| 551 | Candidates contesting must be well known | 2 |
0.1%
|
| 552 | Educate people on advantage of voting | 13 |
0.5%
|
| 553 | The President is going to hand over power | 5 |
0.2%
|
| 554 | Postponement of an election date | 1 |
0%
|
| 555 | People should be enlighten on existing parties | 1 |
0%
|
| 556 | Eradication of poverty | 21 |
0.9%
|
| 557 | Provision of good water | 11 |
0.5%
|
| 558 | Development of our villages and communities | 12 |
0.5%
|
| 559 | Provision of good roads | 25 |
1%
|
| 560 | Job opportunities should be created | 64 |
2.7%
|
| 561 | Provision of electricity | 27 |
1.1%
|
| 562 | There should be economic growth | 28 |
1.2%
|
| 563 | Candidate that lose should accept defeat | 3 |
0.1%
|
| 564 | There should be improvement in educational sector | 2 |
0.1%
|
| 565 | Police should be equipped | 2 |
0.1%
|
| 995 | Others | 147 |
6.1%
|
| 999 | Don't Know | 806 |
33.4%
|
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.