Afrobarometer Survey South Africa 2002 - South Africa

Abstract
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The Afrobarometer South Africa Survey 2002 was part of Round 2 of the Afrobarometer surveys, and collected data on the attitudes and opinions of the citizens of South Africa. Respondents were asked to rate South African President Mbeki and his administrations' overall performance and to state the most important issue facing the nation. 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 South African Defense Force, the media, the Independent Electoral Commission, and the South African Broadcasting Corporation could be trusted. Respondents were polled on their knowledge of government officials, their level of personal involvement in political, governmental, and community affairs, the inclusiveness of the government, and what their reactions would be to executive branch-sponsored government-imposed restrictions or prohibitions on the media, the judicial system, and parliament.

Geographic coverage
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This survey has national coverage.

Analysis unit
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Households and individuals

Universe
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The survey universe is citizens of South Africa 18 years of age or older

Kind of data
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Sample survey data

Mode of data collection
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Face-to-face [f2f]

Research instrument
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There was one questionnaire for the Southern African Barometer Project Democracy Survey I (South Africa) conducted in 2000.

Economic questions addressed the past, present, and future of the country's and the respondent's economic condition, whether great income disparities are fair, and whether encouraging people to start small businesses would create more jobs.

Societal questions addressed how much trust could be placed in others, whether it is wise to plan ahead, whether everyone should be responsible for themselves and their own success or failure, what characteristics respondents used to identify themselves, whether it was easy to obtain assistance with securing food, water, schooling, and medical services, and by what methods respondents secured food, water, news, information, and medical services.

Background variables include age, home language, education, current employment status, employment history, family financial situation over the last 12 months, monetary support system, whether a close friend or relative had died from AIDS, language used in interview, sex, ethnicity, type of physical disability, if any, type of housing, location of interview and respondent's attitude during interview.

{'Abstract': '《南非非洲晴雨表调查2002年》系非洲晴雨表调查的第二轮调查之一，旨在收集南非公民的态度和观点数据。受访者被要求对南非总统姆贝基及其政府的整体表现进行评价，并指出国家面临的最重要问题。调查内容涉及政府在改善经济中的作用、地方和国家级政府是否存在腐败、政府官员是否对普通民众的问题做出响应，以及地方政府官员、警察、法院、整个刑事司法系统、南非国防军、媒体、独立选举委员会和南非广播公司是否值得信赖。受访者还被调查其对政府官员的了解程度、个人在政治、政府和社区事务中的参与程度、政府的包容性，以及他们对行政部门赞助的、对媒体、司法系统和议会的政府强加的限制或禁止的反应。', 'Geographic coverage': '本调查具有全国性覆盖范围。', 'Analysis unit': '家庭和个人', 'Universe': '调查的总体为年龄在18岁或以上的南非公民', 'Kind of data': '样本调查数据', 'Mode of data collection': '面对面（f2f）', 'Research instrument': '本调查采用了一份问卷，该问卷是为2000年进行的南非非洲晴雨表项目民主调查I（南非）设计的。', 'Economic questions': '经济问题涉及了国家和受访者经济状况的过去、现在和未来，是否巨大的收入差距是公平的，以及鼓励人们创办小型企业是否会创造更多就业机会。', 'Societal questions': '社会问题涉及了人们对他人的信任程度，是否明智地提前规划，是否每个人都应该为自己的成功或失败负责，受访者用以自我认同的特征，获得食物、水、教育和医疗服务援助的难易程度，以及受访者获取食物、水、新闻、信息和医疗服务的手段。', 'Background variables': '背景变量包括年龄、家庭语言、教育、当前就业状况、就业历史、过去12个月的家庭财务状况、货币支持系统、是否有亲密朋友或亲属因艾滋病去世、访谈中使用的语言、性别、种族、如有，身体残疾的类型、住房类型、访谈地点以及受访者访谈时的态度。'}