South African Election Satisfaction Survey (ESS) 1999: Voters - All provinces

https://doi.org/10.14749/1545215415

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Dataset

• Roberts, Benjamin
• Struwig, Jare
• Human Sciences Research Council

2019-03-25

2020-03-31

• Human Sciences Research Council (Producer)

• Electoral Commission of South Africa

Schema: UK DATA ARCHIVE - HASSET
BIOGRAPHIC DATA; DECISION ON POLITICAL PARTY OF CHOICE; ELECTORAL COMMISSIONS PERFORMANCE AND CONDUCT; ELECTORAL FREENESS AND FAIRNESS; POLITICAL PARTY TOLERANCE; SECRECY OF THE VOTE; VOTER EDUCATION; VOTING EXPERIENCE; VOTING IRREGULARITIES; VOTING STATION ACCESSIBLE; VOTING STATION SIGNAGE

• Abstract

  Description: This data set contains responses of South African legible voters in the 1999 national and provincial assembly elections aged 18 years and older. All 214 selected voting stations were visited on election day. The number of voters interviewed was 11 140 and the data set contains 28 variables. The questionnaire questions included the distance traveled to the voting station, means of transport utilised, time spent in the voting queue, perception of IEC officials' competence, and perception of the freeness and fairness of the election.

  Abstract: The intention of the survey was to ascertain the degree to which voters consider the poll to have been conducted in a manner that is free and fair to all voters and political parties. The poll focused on the following issues: the extent to which various logistical matters impacted on voter participation, an assessment by voters of the free and fairness of the elections - including possible levels if intimidation. The study method comprised brief (5-minute) interviews with randomly selected voters exiting from the 214 selected voting stations. Voters were asked sixteen questions concerning their experiences on election day. The prime target population was therefore individuals aged 18+ who reside in South Africa and who were registered to vote in the 1999 national elections and voted. As voters exited these voting stations they were interviewed.

• Collection 02 JUN 1999

• South Africa (ZA)

The study was conducted among South Africans who voted in the 1999 National Elections. The target population for the voter component of the study was individuals aged 18 years and older who were registered to vote in the 1999 elections.

The survey was conducted at randomly selected voting stations in all nine provinces and stratified by metropolitan, urban and rural localities. The number of stations surveyed in each province ranged from 30 each in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng to 20 in the less populated provinces. At each voting station, an average of fifty voters were interviewed after they had cast their votes. Number of surveyed voting stations and respondents by province: Province Voting Stations Sampled Expected sample Eastern Cape 29 1526 Free State 20 1047 Gauteng 30 1547 KwaZulu-Natal 30 1617 Mpumalanga 18 910 Northern Cape 20 1001 Northern Province 22 1159 North West 20 939 Western Cape 25 1395 Total 214 11140

• Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section
  Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross section
  

• Face-to-face interview

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