Date of interview
Satisfaction with economic conditions
Evaluation of economic conditions
Economic expectations
Evaluation of personal economic conditions compared to other South Africans
Overall direction in the country
How do you currently obtain food
How do you obtain food
What other methods would you use to obtain food
What safety measures do you have for your home
What other methods would you use to protect your home
How do currently obtain health care
What other methods do you use to obtain health care
How do you normally obtain cash income
What other methods do you use to obtain cash
How often have you gone without enough food to eat
How often have you felt unsafe from crime in your home
How often have you gone without necessary medical treatment
How often have you gone without a cash income
How often have you gone without enough clean water to drink
How often have you gone without shelter
How often have you gone without electricity in your home
How often did you have insufficient fuel to heat your home and cook your food
Physical health reduce amount of work
Worried/anxious about tiredness felt
Is there a nearby school which your kids could attend
Do you have an electricity hook-up into home
Do you have piped water into home
How often do you attend church group meetings
Attend self-help association
Attend group concerned with local matters
Attend local commercial organisation
Attends group that looks after the community
Attend a trade union
People responsible for well-being VS govt. responsible
Free to earn VS limited income
Start own business VS govt. employment
New business risky VS invest to start business
Who should take responsibility for schools and clinics
Responsibility for creating jobs
Responsibility for building houses
Responsibility for reducing crime
Responsibility for buying and selling gold
Responsibility to help farmers borrow money
Variety of goods at high prices VS shortages at low prices
Free health care low stds VS pay for better health care
Keep govt employees VS retrench govt employees
Govt own factories VS privatization
What does democracy mean
Who is the deputy president
Who is the Minister of Finance
Member of parliament for this area
Your local councillor
Have you contacted govt official or political party official
What type of official did you contact
Paid a govt. official to get a job
Paid govt. official to get a maintenance payment, loan or pension payment
Paid govt. official to get water or electricity
Paid govt. official to get housing or land
Contacted any other influential person
What type of influencial person did you contact
Local traditional leader, chief or headman
Local chief interest in people
How much of the time can the local chief be trusted
How many chiefs or traditional leaders are involved in corruption
How often do you get news from radio
How often do you get news from TV
How often do you get news from newspapers
Most people can be trusted VS you must be careful
Discuss political matters with friends
Do you follow what is happening in govt and public affairs
Feel that you have little or no control over life
Insufficient info about political life and govt actions
Sometimes political and govt affairs are too complicated to understand
Have to be careful what you do and say with regard to politics
Way you vote will make a difference VS no difference
Who is in power makes a difference VS no difference
Freeness and fairness of last national election
Most important problems to be addressed by govt
Single most important problem facing South Africa
Rating of previous system of govt
Rating of current system of govt
Rating of future system (future)
Anyone can freely say what they think
Can join any political organization they choose
Can live without fear of being arrested if innocent
Free to choose who to vote for without feeling forced by others
Everybody is treated equally and fairly by govt
Safe from crime and violence
Have adequate standard of living
Access to basic necessities
South Africans are equal to each other
One party to stand for elections and hold office
Decisions to be made by council of elders, traditional leaders, chiefs
Army to govern the country
President could decide everything
All decisions made by economic experts rather than by government
Country returned to aparthheid
Govt elected by accepted procedures
Govt exercises power in acceptable way
Constitution expresses values and aspirations of South African people
Govt should have the final decision
How well is govt creating jobs
How well is govt building houses
How well is govt ensuring that prices remain stable
How well does govt reduce crime
How well is govt improving health services
How well does govt address the educational needs of all South Africans
How well does govt manage the economy
How well does govt deliver basic services like water and electricity
How well does govt ensure that everyone has sufficient land
Affirmative Action
Fighting corruption in govt
Uniting SAs into one nation
Narrowing income gap
How well is govt distributing welfare payments to those who are entitled to it
Making reparations to TRC victims
Preventing spread HIV
SAs response to situation in Zimbabwe
How interested is the President in your well-being
How much of the time can you trust the President
What is your opinion of the presidents job performance
How many govt officials do you think are involved in corruption
How interested is parliament in your well-being
How much of the time can you trust parliament
Parliament's job performance
How many people in parliament involved in corruption
How many civil servants are involved in corruption
How interested is provincial govt in your well-being
How much of the time can you trust provincial govt
Premier's job performance
Provincial govt job performance
How many people in prov govt are involved in corruption
How interested is you local councillor in your well-being
How much of the time can you trust your local govt
How has your local govt performed its job
How many officials in your local govt are involved in corruption
Likelihood of police catching and charging those committing serious crime
Likelihood of court conviction
Likelihood of SARS penalizing tax evaders
Illegal services: Likelihood of council cutting services
Rates evasion: Likelihood of council cutting services
Comparison of current and past govt effectiveness
Comparison of current and past govt interest
Comparison of current and past govt corruption
Comparison of current and past govt trustworthiness
Able to enforce the law
Life today compared to under apartheid
How much of the time can you trust the army
How much of the time can you trust the police
How much of the time can you trust the courts of law
How much of the time can you trust the criminal justice system
How much of the time can you trust the Independent Electoral Commission
How much of the time can you trust the South African Broadcasting Corporation
How much of the time can you trust press or newspapers
Preference for democratic VS non-democratic govt
Have you ever heard anything about the Gear programme
Gear programme's effect on everyday life
Gear has helped VS hurt most people
Besides being South African, which group do you feel you belong to
Feel proud to be part of this group
Want children to think of themselves as part of group
Being part of this group is a very important part of how you see yourself
People belonging to this group are the best
Stronger ties to group than to other South Africans
This group is very different from other South Aficans
It makes you proud to be called a South African
Children should think of themselves as South African
Being a SA is a very important part of how you see yourself
Regardless of group you belong to, if you are SA, should be treated equally
Desirable to create a united SA out of all the groups
It is possible to create a united SA nation
Your groups economic condition compared to others
Identity treated unfairly by the govt
Govt more or less interested in what your group has to say
Govt represents interests of all South Africans or just one group
Which groups interest is mostly represented by govt
Which is true for you with regards to the 1999 national elections
Address problems facing the community with others
Attend election rally
Work for political candidate or party
Write a letter to newspaper
Claimed govt benefits to which you are not entitled
Avoid paying municipal/local rates
Avoid paying income taxes
Get services without paying
Attend a demonstration or protest march
Boycott rates, services and taxes
Partake in sit-ins, disruption of government meetings
Use force or violent methods
Support for shutting down media
Response to shutting down media
Support for dismissing judges
Response to dismissing judges
Support for banning political parties
Response to banning political parties
Support for the suspension of parliament and cancellation of next elections
Response to suspension of parliament
Willingness to live under non-elected leader
Patience to deal with problems VS solve now
Democratic society and majority rule
Democratic society and freedom to criticise the govt
Democratic society and regular elections
Democratic society and at least 2 parties competing
Democratic society and basic necessities
Democratic society and jobs for everyone
Democratic society and equal education
Democratic society and small income gap
Need a strong leader VS democracy always best
Is South Africa democratic?
How satisfied are you with democracy in South Africa
Most important changes about way country is governed
Are you close to any political party
Which party are you close to
How close do you feel to this party
TRC was important for building a united SA nation
National reconciliation does not require intervention
Reconciliation requires that South Africans understand one another better
National reconciliation requires material compensation for victims
National reconciliation requires that people forgive one another
National reconciliation requires forgetting the past
National reconciliation requires the healing of memories
National reconciliation requires amnesty
It is my responsibility as a citizen to contribute to the process of reconciliation
How old were you on your last birthday
What is your home language
What is the highest grade, std, form completed
Is your job part-time or full-time; looking for work
Over the last 12 months have you been without a cash job more than a month
For how many months were you unemployed
Do you do regular work without cash pay
What is your present or last occupation
Type of occupation
Do you know of a close friend or relative who died of AIDS
National govt vote
Local govt vote - party
Local govt vote - candidate
Suburb
District/province
Country
Language interview was conducted in
Respondents gender
Respondents race
Did respondent have missing limbs
Was respondent blind, or nearly blind
Did respondent cough repetedly during the interview
What type of shelter does respondent live in
Did the household have windows
Did household have glass in windows
What was roof made of
Other adults present listening during the interview
Did respondent consult others to answer questions
Did anyone influence respondents answers
What proportion of questions did respondent struggle with
Where was interview conducted
What was respondents attitude
What was respondents attitude during interview
Did your presence arouse interest from neighbours
Did your presence arouse suspicion from neighbours
Did your presence arouse fear from neighbours
Were you approached by community/party representatives
Did you feel threatened during interview
Were physically threatened during interview
Anything else significant happen during interview
Interviewer number
Q153. Interviewer age
Do you come from rural or urban area
Interviewers home language
Interviewers gender
Interviewers race
Interviewers highest level of education
Is there a post office in the primary sampling unit
Is there a school in the primary sampling unit
Is there a police station in the primary sampling unit
Is there a regular bus or taxi service in the primary sampling unit
Is there an electricity grid accessible to most houses
Is there a piped water system accessible to most houses
Is there a sewage system accessible to most houses
Is there a railway station
Is there a health clinic
Are there recreational facilities
Are there any places of worship such as churches, mosques
Are there any townhalls or community buildings
Is there a petrol station
Is there a bottle store
Is there a supermarket (food/clothing)
Are there cafes, corner shops
Are there any market stalls (selling food/clothing)
Were there any police or police vehicles at PSU or EA
Were there any soldiers or army vehicles
Were there any pavements along roads
Any household yards with crops/vegetables being grown
Any household yards/fields containing livestock
Any household yards/fields with trees higher than one storey
How many formal houses in PSU
Type of area in which interview was conducted in
Was the PSU clearly sign-posted the last 10km of journey
Any stop gives way signs along last 10km of journey
Any traffic lights or robots along last 10km of journey
Were they in working order
Did you see a water-filled river in last 10km of journey
Did you see a water-filled dam or lake in last 10km of journey
How much of the last 10km was graded sand/dirt roads
How much of the last 10km was ungraded dirt roads
How much of the last 10km was spent off road
How much of the last 10km was spent on tarred/concrete