Afrobarometer Round 6: The Quality of Democracy and Governance in Botswana, 2014

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Afrobarometer Round 6: The Quality of Democracy and Governance in Botswana, 2014

Creator

• Lekorwe, Mogopodi
• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor]

Author

• Lekorwe, Mogopodi

Contributor

• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor]

Subject

• corruption
• courts
• democracy
• economic change
• economic conditions
• gender
• government
• government performance
• government regulation
• information sources
• living conditions
• national interests
• police
• political attitudes
• political change
• political corruption
• political participation
• presidential performance
• presidents
• public confidence
• public opinion
• quality of life
• same-sex marriage
• social attitudes
• standard of living
• survey
• trust in government
• victimization
• victims
• violence
• voter attitudes
• voters
• Cost and standard of living
• voting behavior
• Economic history
• Information resources
• Political science

Genre

• survey

Summary

The Afrobarometer is a comparative series of public attitude surveys that collects and disseminates data regarding Africans' views on democracy, governance, the economy, civil society, and related issues. The data are collected from nationally representative samples in face-to-face interviews in the language of the respondent's choice. Standard topics for the Afrobarometer include attitudes toward and evaluations of democracy, governance and economic conditions, political participation, and national identity. In addition, Round 6 surveys included special modules on taxation; tolerance; crime, conflict and insecurity; political corruption; interregional relations; perceptions of China; use of technology; and social service delivery. This particular data collection was concerned with the attitudes and opinions of the citizens of Botswana, and also includes a number of "country-specific questions" designed specifically for respondents of the Botswana survey. These "country-specific questions" solicited respondents' opinions on topics such as legal reform designed to improve government accountability, rights and liberties of people involved in same-sex relationships, whether respondents would report family members involved in same-sex relationships to police, and proposed changes to government structure. The surveys also collect a large set of socio-demographic indicators such as age, gender, education level, poverty level, language and ethnicity, and religious affiliation, as well as political party affiliation. Afrobarometer Round 6 surveys were implemented in 36 countries