nmm 22 4500 ICPSR22981 MiAaI m f a u cr mn mmmmuuuu 130525s2009 miu f a eng d (MiAaI)ICPSR22981 MiAaI MiAaI Afrobarometer Round 3 [electronic resource] The Quality of Democracy and Governance in 18 African Countries, 2005-2006 Michael Bratton , E. Gyimah-Boadi , Robert Mattes 2009-08-11 Ann Arbor, Mich. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor] 2009 ICPSR 22981 Numeric Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2013-05-25. AVAILABLE. This study is freely available to ICPSR member institutions. Also available as downloadable files. The Afrobarometer project was designed to assess attitudes toward democracy, governance, economic reform, quality of life, and civil society in several Sub-Saharan African nations, and to track the evolution of such attitudes in those nations over time. This particular survey was concerned with the attitudes and opinions of the citizens of 18 countries: Benin, Botswana, Cape Verde, Ghana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Respondents in a face-to-face interview were asked to rate their presidents' and the presidents' administration's overall performance, to state the most important issues facing the nation, and to evaluate the effectiveness of certain continental and international institutions. Opinions were gathered on the role of the government in improving the economy, whether corruption existed in local and national government, whether government officials were responsive to problems of the general population, and whether local government officials, the police, the courts, the overall criminal justice system, the media, the National Electoral Commission, and the government broadcasting service could be trusted. Respondents were polled on their knowledge of the government, including the identification of government officials, their level of personal involvement in political, governmental, and community affairs, their participation in national elections, the inclusiveness of the government, and the identification of causes of conflict and resources which may aid in the resolution of conflict. Economic questions addressed the past, present, and future of the country's and the respondent's economic condition, and whether great income disparities were fair. Societal questions were asked of respondents concerning the meaning of being "poor" and "rich", monetary support systems, personal responsibility for success or failure, characteristics used in self-identification, methods for securing food, water, schooling, medical services, news and information, the ease of obtaining assistance for certain services, and whether problems existed with school and the local public clinic or hospital. Background variables include age, gender, ethnicity, education, religious affiliation and participation, political party affiliation, language spoken most at home, whether the respondent was the head of household, current and past employment status, whether a close friend or relative had died from AIDS, language used in interview, and type of physical disability, if any. In addition, demographic information pertaining to the interviewer is provided, as well as their response to the interview and observations of the respondent's attitude during the interview and of the interview environment. Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR22981.v1 democracy icpsr economic conditions icpsr government icpsr government performance icpsr information source icpsr markets icpsr national interests icpsr political attitudes icpsr political change icpsr political corruption icpsr political participation icpsr political systems icpsr presidential performance icpsr presidents icpsr public confidence icpsr public opinion icpsr quality of life icpsr social attitudes icpsr standard of living icpsr trust in government icpsr IDRC II. Economic Data IDRC III. Electoral Systems and Political Behavior ICPSR XIV. Mass Political Behavior and Attitudes IDRC VI. Human Dimension of International Relations ICPSR XIV.C. Mass Political Behavior and Attitudes, Public Opinion on Political Matters IDRC VII. Public Opinion Data ICPSR XIV.C.2. Mass Political Behavior and Attitudes, Public Opinion on Political Matters, Nations Other Than the United States Bratton, Michael Michigan State University Gyimah-Boadi, E. Ghana Center for Democratic Development Mattes, Robert University of Cape Town Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. ICPSR (Series) Access restricted ; authentication may be required: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR22981.v1