Case Number
1 Satisfaction with Economic conditions
2 Evaluations of Economic conditions
3 Economic expectations
4 Evaluations of personal economic conditions
5 How often have you gone without food
6a Current methods of obtaining food
6b Current methods of obtaining food
6c Current methods of obtaining food
7a Alternative methods of obtaining food
7b Alternative methods of obtaining food
7c Alternative methods of obtaining food
8 How often have you felt unsafe from crime
9a Current method of ensuring safety of home
9b Current method of ensuring safety of home
9c Current method of ensuring safety of home
10a Alternate methods of ensuring safety of home
10b Alternate methods of ensuring safety of home
10c Alternate methods of ensuring safety of home
11 How often have you had to go without medicine
12a Current methods of obtaining health care
12b Current methods of obtaining health care
12c Current methods of obtaining health care
13a Alt. methods of obtaining health care
13b Alt. methods of obtaining health care
13c Alt. methods of obtaining health care
14 Is there a school close by
15 Do you have an electricity hook-up
16 Do you have water piped to household
17a How often family go without: drink/cook water
17b How often family go without: shelter
17c How often family go without: Electricity
17d How often family go without: Heating/cooking fuel
18a How often: physical health leads to reduced work
18b How often: worried/anxious
19a How often attended: church group
19b How often attended: coop/self-help ass.
19c How often attended: school/housing/rates groups
19d How often attended: commercial organisation
19e How often attended: group that does things for community
19f How often attended: a trade union
20 People Vs Govt Responsible for well-being
21 People should be free to earn Vs Govt limit income
22 Job creation: Start businesses Vs Govt Employment
23 Risky starting new business VS good idea to start business
24a Responsibility for providing schools
24b Responsibility for creating jobs
24c Resonsibility for building houses
24d Responsibility for reducing crime
24e Responsibility for buying/selling diamonds
24f Responsibility for helping farmers borrow money
25 Variety of market goods at high prices VS little variety at low prices
26 Free medicine with unraised stds VS medical fees but raised stds
27 Numbers govt workers should not be reduced VS reduced numbers
28 Govt should retain factories Vs selling it to private companies
29a What does democracy mean
29b What does democracy mean
29c What does democracy mean
30 Who is the Premier
31 Who is the finance minister
32 Who is your regional councillor
33 Who is your local councillor
34 Have you recently contacted a govt official
35 What type of official was it
36a Did you have to pay a govt official to get a job
36b Did you have to pay a govt official to get maintenance payment/pension/loan
36c Did you pay a govt official to get electricity/water
36d Did you pay a govt official to get housing or land
37 Have you recently contacted any influential person other than govt official
38 What type of influential person was it
39 Do you have local traditional leader
40 How interested is your local chief in your well-being
41 How much of the time can you trust your local chief to do what is right
42 How many chiefs/traditional leaders involved in corruption
43a How often do you get news from radio
43b How often do you get news from TV
43c How often do you get news from newspapers
44 Can most people be trusted or should one always be careful
45 How often do you discuss political matters with friends
46 Do you follow govt and public affairs
47a You do not have sufficient info about political life and govt
47b Sometimes political and govt affairs are too complicated to understand
47c Be very careful what you say/do regarding politics
48 Way you vote won't make a difference Vs it makes a difference
49 Who is in power makes a difference Vs it doesn't matter
50 Elections free and fair
51a Most important problems govt should address
51b Most important problems govt should address
51c Most important problems govt should address
52a Anyone can freely speak their mind
52b People can join political organisation of choice
52c Can live without fear of being arrested if done nothing wrong
52d Can freely vote for anyone without being forced
52e Govt treats all people fair and equal
52f Safe from crime and violence
52g Adequate standard of living
52h Access to basic necessities
52i Namibians are equal to each other
53 Only one political party allowed to stand for elections
54 All decisions made by elders, traditional leaders or chiefs
55 Army governs country
56 President decides everything
57 Economic decisions made by economic experts
58 Return to old system of South African rule
59 Govt. was elected to power by accepted procedures
60 Govt exercises power in acceptable way
61 Constitution expresses values and aspirations of all Namibians
62 Govt has right to make decisions whether people agree or not
63a How well is govt handling the creation of jobs
63b How well is govt handling the building of houses
63c How well is govt ensuring that prices remain stable
63d How well is govt reducing crime
63e How well is govt improving health care
63f How well is govt addressing educational needs of all Namibians
63g How well is govt managing the economy
63h How well is govt delivering basic services
63i How well is govt ensuring that everyone has enough land
64 How interested is the President in your well-being
65 How much of the time can you trust the president to do what is right
66 How well has President Nujoma performed
67 How many govt officials do you think are involved in corruption
68 How interested is parliament in your well-being
69 How much of the time can you trust parliament to do what is right
70 How well has parliament performed its job
71 How many people in parliament are involved in corruption
72 How many civil servants are involved in corruption
73 How interested is your local councillor in your well-being
74 How much of the time can you trust your local govt to do what is right
75 How well has local govt performed its job
76 How many officials in local govt are involved in corruption
77a Govt. today more effective in performing its job
77b Govt. today more interested in hearing what people think
77c Govt. today more corrupt?
77d Govt. today more trustworthy?
78a How much of the time can you trust the army
78b How much of the time can you trust the police
78c How much of the time can you trust the courts of law
78d How much of the time can you trust the electoral commission
78e How much of the time can you trust the Namibian broadcasting corporation
78f How much of the time can you trust the newspapers
79 Preference for democratic govt vs non-democratic govt
83 Besides being Namibian what other group do you feel close to
84a You feel proud to belong to this group
84b Would want children to think of themselves as part of this group
84c People who belong to this group are better than other groups
84d Feel stronger ties to group than to other Namibians
84e Feel proud to be called a Namibian
84f Children should also consider themselves as Namibians
84g All people born in country should be treated equally
84h Desirable to create a united Namibian nation out of all groups
85 Your group's economic conditions compared with others
86 Your group treated unfairly by govt
87 Govt interest in your group compared to others
88 Does govt represent interest of all Namibians or only one group
89 Which group's interest does govt mostly represent
90 Voted in the 1994 elections
91a Have you joined others to address community problems
91b Have you attended an election rally
91c Have you worked for a political party/candidate
91d Have you ever written a letter to newspaper
92a Have you ever claimed govt benefits that your are not entitled to
92b Not paying rates
92c Avoid paying income taxes
92d Get services without paying for them
93a Would you attend a demonstration/protest march
93b Boycott rates, services/ taxes
93c Partake in sit-ins/ disruption of govt. meetings
93d Use force or violent methods
94 Support or oppose the shut down of newspapers/radio or Tv stations
95a What if anything would you do about the shutdown?
95b What if anything would you do about the shutdown?
95c What if anything would you do about the shutdown?
95d What if anything would you do about the shutdown?
95e What if anything would you do about the shutdown?
96 Support or oppose judges dismissed for ruling against govt
97a What would you do about dismissed judges?
97b What would you do about dismissed judges?
97c What would you do about dismissed judges?
97d What would you do about dismissed judges?
97e What would you do about dismissed judges?
98 Support or oppose the banning of political parties
99a What would you do about banning of political parties?
99b What would you do about banning of political parties?
99c What would you do about banning of political parties?
99d What would you do about banning of political parties?
99e What would you do about banning of political parties?
100 Support or oppose the suspension of parliament and cancellation next election
101a What would you do about the suspension of parliament and canellation of elections.
101b What would you do about the suspension of parliament and canellation of elections.
101c What would you do about the suspension of parliament and canellation of elections.
101d What would you do about the suspension of parliament and canellation of elections.
101e What would you do about the suspension of parliament and canellation of elections.
102 Govt system will take long to deal with problems Vs ought to deal with it
103a Majority Rule needed for democracy
103b Freedom to criticise the govt and democracy
103c Regular elections and democracy
103d At least two political parties competing and democracy
103e Basic necessities and democracy
103f Jobs for everyone and democracy
103g Equality in education and democracy
103h Small income gap between rich and poor and democracy
104 Strong leader Vs democracy is best
105 The manner in which Namibia is governed
106 How satisfied are you with democracy in Namibia
107a Important changes about way the country is governed
107b Important changes about way the country is governed
107c Important changes about way the country is governed
107 Are you close to any political party?
108 What party are you close to?
109 How close to the party do you feel?
110a1 How old were you on your last birthday?
110a2 Year you were born
110b Home language
111 Highest grade/std/form completed
112 Job status: part-time/ full-time
113 Recently have you been unemployed for one month or more
114 How many months were you unemployed
115 Do you work for no cash pay?
116 Present/last occupation
117 Occupation
118 Recently did you have to do without a cash income
119a How do you normally obtain cash?
119b How do you normally obtain cash
119c How do you normally obtain cash
120a Other methods used to get cash
120b Other methods used to get cash
120c Other methods used to get cash
121 Know a close friend or relative that died of AIDS
122 Suburb
123 District/Province
124a Language interview was conducted in
124b Language interview was conducted in
124c Language interview was conducted in
125 Respondent's gender
126 Respondent's race
127 Did respondent have any missing limbs
128 Was respondent blind or nearly blind
129 Did respondent cough repeatedly during interview
130 Respondent's type of shelter
131 Did Household have windows
132 Did households have glass-in windows
133 What was the roof made of
134 Immediately present listening to interview
135 Respondent check with others to answer questions
136 Were respondent's answers influenced by anyone
137 What proportion of questions did respondent struggle with
138 Where was the interview conducted
139 Was respondent's attitude: friendly?
140 Was respondent's attitude: interested?
141a Was respondent's attitude: cooperative?
141b Was respondent's attitude: patient?
142 Was respondent's attitude: at ease?
143 Was respondent's attitude: honest?
144 Did your presence arouse interest from neighbours
145 Did your presence arouse suspicion from neighbours
146 Did your presence arouse fear in neighbours
147 Approached by community/political representatives
148 Did you feel threatened during interview
149 Were you physically threatened during interview
150 Did anything else significant happen during interview
152 Interviewer age
153 Do you come from a rural or urban area
154a Interviewer's home language
154b Interviewer's home language
154c Interviewer's home language
155 Interviewer's gender
156a Interviewer's race
156b Interviewer's highest level of education
157 Is there a post-office in PSU
158 School in PSU
159 Police station in PSU
160 Regular bus/taxi service in PSU
161 Electricity grid accessable to most houses in PSU
162 Piped water system in PSU
163 Sewage system in PSU
164 Railway station in PSU
165 Health clinic system
166 Recreational facilities in PSU
167 Places of worship in PSU
168 Townhalls/community building in PSU
169 Petrol station in PSU
170 Bottle store in PSU
171 Supermarket in PSU
172 Cafes/corner shops in PSU
173 Market stalls in PSU
174 Did you see any police or police vehicles
175 See any soldiers/army vehicles in PSU
176 Pavement along roads
177 Household gardens with crops/vegetables being grown
178 Household yards containing livestock
179 Household yards with trees higher than one storey
180 Formal houses in PSU
181 Area interview was conducted in
182 PSU clearly sign-posted the last 10km journey
183 Any stop/give way signs in last 10km of journey
184 Any traffic lights in last 10km of journey
185 Were the traffic lights in working order
186 Any water-filled river during last 1km of journey
187 Any water-filled dam in last 1km of journey
188 How much graded sand/dirt roads in last 10km
189 How much ungraded dirt roads in last 10km
190 Off road in last 10km