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Survey: English Household Selection Procedure Start your walk pattern from the starting point indicated on the EA map. For each interview start walking in a different direction from the starting point. In other words: for the 1st interview walk in a northerly direction from the starting point, for the 2nd interview walk in the direct opposite direction (i.e. South), for the 3rd interview go at right angles to the direction of the 1st interview (i.e. go East or West), and for the 4th interview go in the direct opposite direction to the 3rd interview (i.e. East if you went West in the 3rd interview, or West if you went East in the 3rd interview). Use an interval of 10 houses between your starting point and the first house that you visit. If a call is unsuccessful, use the table below to record your progress until you make a successful call. Circle a code number for unsuccessful calls only. Continue walking and going to every 10 th house until you have a successful interview. Reasons for Unsuccessful Calls 5 H HH 1 HH 2 HH 3 HH 4 HH H 6 HH 7 HH 8 HH 9 HH HH 10 HH 11 HH 12 HH 13 HH 14 HH 15 HH 16 HH 17 HH 18 HH 19 HH 20 HH Refused to be interviewed 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Person selected was never at home 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Household / Premises empty / inaccessible 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 for the survey period Not a South African citizen / spoke only a foreign 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 language Deaf / mute 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 Other (specify)___________________________ 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 Successful 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 A. RESPONDENT SELECTION AND SCREENING INTRODUCTION: Good day. My name is ____________. I am from Citizens Surveys, an independent research organization. I do not represent the government or any political party. We are doing this research for the Comparative National Election Project, a network of researchers who study elections in over twenty countries across the world. The South African survey is being conducted by researchers at the University of Cape Town. We are studying the views of South Africans in order to learn more about the connection between citizens, political parties and election campaigns around the world. We would like to discuss these issues with a member of your household in an interview. Every person in the country has an equal chance of being included in this study. All information will be kept confidential. Your household has been chosen by chance. We would like to choose an adult from your household. The interview will take about 60 minutes. There is no penalty for refusing to take part. And if they do choose to take part, they may stop at any time, or skip any question they do not wish to answer without penalty. Would you help us pick one? Record the total number of people who live in this household for more than 15 days per month Now, can you please tell me how many people aged 18 years and older live in this household? Please remember, to include all household members aged 15 years and older who live in the household for more than 15 days per month, even if they are not here today. Record total number of people aged 18 years and older PLEASE CAN YOU GIVE ME THEIR NAMES AND AGES FROM THE YOUNGEST TO OLDEST? RECORD IN SPACES BELOW. NAME/INITIALS AGE NAME/INITIALS AGE 1. 7. 2. 8. 3. 9. 4. 10. 5. 11. 6. 12. 1 Kish Grid: - For Interviewer Use Look up the final digit of the questionnaire number in the row and the number of eligible people in the household in the column. The number in the cell where the column and row meet is the person to interview. For example, if there are 3 people in the household aged 15 years and older and the last digit on the questionnaire is 8, interview the last person on the list (i.e. the 3rd youngest). Last digit of Eligible People in the Household questionnaire 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10/More 0 1 1 1 2 4 4 3 5 6 8 1 1 2 2 3 5 5 4 6 7 9 2 1 1 3 4 1 6 5 7 8 10 3 1 2 1 1 2 1 6 8 9 1 4 1 1 2 2 3 2 7 1 1 2 5 1 2 3 3 4 3 1 2 2 3 6 1 1 1 4 5 4 2 3 3 4 7 1 2 2 1 1 5 3 4 4 5 8 1 1 3 2 2 6 4 5 5 6 9 1 2 1 3 3 1 5 6 6 7 Interviewer: If the selected respondent is not the same person that you first met, repeat Introduction 1. We are only allowed to conduct this interview with South African citizens. Are you a citizen of South Africa, with a South African driver’s license, ID Book or birth certificate? Please remember, there is no penalty for not participating, and your answer will be kept confidential? Single mention Yes 1 Continue No 2 Close interview, and go to next 10th house, according to the walk pattern BEGIN INTERVIEW 1. How many other people who live in this household are under the age of 18? [Interviewer: Enter a two digit number] Write in the Number (00-99) Refused 98 Don’t know 99 2. How many children who live in this household are under the age of 6? [Interviewer: Enter a two digit number] Write in the Number (00-99) Refused 98 Don’t know 99 3. How old were you at the time of your last birthday? [Interviewer: Enter a two digit number. Don't Know = 99] [Interviewer: If respondent is aged less than 18, stop interview and Randomly draw another respondent in the same household] [Record exact age] Write Number (00-99) Refused 98 Don’t know 99 2 In May 2014, South Africa held national elections for national and provincial government. I would like to see if you can think back to that period, in April and May 2014, and tell us a few things about your thoughts at that time. 4. At the time of the election, what would you say were the most important problems facing the country? [Interviewer: Do not read options. Code from responses. Accept up to three answers. One circle only per column] 1st response 2nd response 3rd response Economics Management of the economy 01 01 01 Wages, incomes and salaries 02 02 02 Unemployment 03 03 03 Poverty/destitution 04 04 04 Rates and Taxes 05 05 05 Loans / credit 06 06 06 Food / Agriculture Farming/agriculture 07 07 07 Food shortage/famine 08 08 08 Drought 09 09 09 Land 10 10 10 Infrastructure Transportation 11 11 11 Communications 12 12 12 Infrastructure / roads 13 13 137 Government Services Education 14 14 14 Housing 15 15 15 Electricity 16 16 16 Water supply 17 17 17 Orphans/street children/homeless children 18 18 18 Services (other) 19 19 19 Health Health 20 20 20 AIDS 21 21 21 Governance Crime and Security 22 22 22 Corruption 23 23 23 Political violence 24 24 24 Discrimination/ inequality 25 25 25 Democracy/political rights 26 26 26 Nothing/ no problems 0 No further reply 96 96 Don’t know 99 Other (1st response), Post Code 9 5 Specify_____________________________________________ Other (2nd response), Post Code 9 5 Specify_____________________________________________ Other (3rd response), Post Code 9 5 Specify_____________________________________________ 3 5. Thinking of the most important problem facing South Africa at that time, how well or badly would you say the ANC government handled that issue over the previous year, that is in 2013 to 2014? [Interviewer: Probe for strength of opinion] Read out. Very badly 0 Badly 1 Well 2 Very Well 3 Don’t know [Do not read] 9 6. Could any other political party have done a better job than the government in handling this issue? Yes 1 Continue with Q7 No 0 Go to Q8 Don’t know [Do not read] 9 Go to Q8 7. [if “Yes” in Q6] Which political party was this? [DO NOT READ OPTIONS] No party represents your views, Question Skipped 95 African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) 01 African Muslim Party 02 African National Congress (ANC) 03 Afrikaner Unity Movement / Afrikaner Eenheidsbeweging 04 Agang 05 Azanian People’s Organisation (AZAPO) 06 Congress of the People (COPE) 07 Democratic Alliance (DA) 08 Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) 09 Federal Alliance 10 Freedom Front / Vryheidsfront 11 Inkatha Freedom Party / Inkatha Vryheidsparty (IFP) 12 Minority Front 13 New National Party / Nuwe Nasionale Party (NNP) 14 Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) 15 United Christian Democratic Party (UCDP) 16 United Democratic Movement (UDM) 17 Other [Specify]: __________________________________________________________ Post code Refused to answer 98 Don’t know 99 8.
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