Afrobarometer: Round II Survey of South Africa, 2002

The Afrobarometer project was designed to assess attitudes toward democracy, markets, 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 South Africa. Respondents were asked to rate South Africa's President Mbeki and his administration's overall performance, and to state the most important issues 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 media, the Independent National Electoral Commission, and the government broadcasting service could be trusted. Respondents were polled on their knowledge of government officials, their level of personal involvement in political, governmental, and community affairs, and the inclusiveness of the government. Respondents were asked to grade the way the country was governed under Apartheid, the current system of government, and the political system of the country as they expected it to be in 10 years. Economic questions addressed the past, present, and future of the country's and the respondent's economic condition, and whether great income disparities are fair. Societal questions addressed 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 did so. Background variables include age, language spoken most at home, education, current employment status, employment status over the last 12 months, 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, religious affiliation, religious participation, type of physical disability (if any), type of housing, and respondent's attitude during the interview.

非洲晴雨表项目旨在评估数个撒哈拉以南非洲国家对民主、市场及公民社会的态度，并追踪这些国家在这些态度上的演变过程。本项特定调查聚焦于南非公民的态度与观点。受访者被要求对南非总统姆贝基及其政府整体的执政表现进行评价，并指出国家面临的最重要问题。调查收集了受访者对政府在改善经济、是否存在地方和国家级政府腐败、政府官员是否对大众问题作出响应、以及地方政府官员、警察、法院、整体刑事司法系统、媒体、独立国家选举委员会和政府广播服务是否值得信赖的看法。受访者还被询问其对政府官员的了解程度、其在政治、政府及社区事务中的个人参与程度，以及政府的包容性。受访者还被要求对国家在种族隔离时期、当前政府体系，以及他们预计在10年后将形成的政治体系进行评级。经济问题涉及了国家及受访者过去、现在和未来的经济状况，以及巨大的收入差距是否合理。社会问题则探讨是否每个人都应对自身及其成功与失败负责，受访者用以自我识别的特征，以及获得食物、水、教育和医疗服务援助的难易程度及其采取的方法。背景变量包括年龄、家中最常使用的语言、教育程度、当前就业状态、过去12个月的就业状态、就业历史、过去12个月的家族财务状况、货币支持体系、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、宗教信仰、宗教参与度、身体残疾类型（如有）、住房类型以及受访者在访谈中的态度。