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To begin with, in your opinion, what is the most serious problem the country faces?
In a few words, what does democracy mean to you?
Of these meanings of democracy you have said, in your opinion, which is the most important?
How often do you listen to the news on the radio?
How often do you watch the news on TV?
How often do you read the news in newspapers?
How often do you read the news on the Internet?
How would you describe the country's economic situation?
Do you think that the country's current economic situation is better than, the same as or worse than it was 12 months ago?
How would you describe your overall economic situation?
Do you think that your economic situation is better than, the same as, or worse than it was 12 months ago?
Have you ever requested help or cooperation from a Member of Parliament?
Have you ever requested help or cooperation from Any local authorities?
Have you ever requested help or cooperation from any ministry, public institution or local government institution
Have you ever participated in a public demonstration or protest?
During last year, did you participate in a public demonstration or protest?
In the past year, have you contributed or tried to contribute toward the solution of a problem in your community or in your neighborhood?
Have you donated money or material to help address a problem in your community of in your neighborhood?
Have you contributed with your own work or manual labour?
Have you been attending community meetings about some problem or improvement?
Have you tried to help organize a new group to resolve a neighborhood problem or to bring about any improvement?
How often do you attend the meetings of any religious organization?
How often do you attend the meetings of a parents association at school?
How often do you attend the meetings of a committee or council for community improvements?
How often do you attend the meetings of an association of professionals, traders or farmers?
How often do you attend the meetings of a labor union?
How often do you attend the meetings of a political party or movement?
Changing the subject, in general, how satisfied are you with your life?
Now, speaking of the people from this community, would you say that they are generally very trustworthy, somewhat trustworthy, not very trustworthy or untrustworthy?
According to the meaning that the terms left and right have for you, and thinking of your own political tendency, where would you place yourself on this scale?
Have you attended a function or other meeting organized by the parish councilor in the past 12 months?
To what degree do you think parish councilors pay attention to what people ask for in such meetings?
Have you sought help from or presented a request to any office, official or parish councilor of the parish council within the past 12 months?
Would you say that the services the parish council is providing are very good, good, neither good nor poor (fair), poor, or very poor?
How have they treated you or your neighbors when you have had dealings with the parish council?
In your opinion, should the parish council be given more money and more responsibility or should the national government assume more responsibility and provide local services?
Would you be willing to pay more taxes to the parish council/local government so that it could provide better services, or do you believe that it would not be worth it to do so?
In your opinion what is the most serious problem at present in this parish council division?
How much has the parish councilor done to solve this problem?
Have you ever participated in drafting the parish council's budget?
How much confidence do you have that the parish councilor's office manages funds well?
Have you carried out any official dealings or requested any document at the parish council in the past year?
How were you treated?
Did they resolve your problem or request?
How much influence do you think you have on what the parish council does?
How interested do you think the parish councilor is in the people's participation in the work of the parish council?
Would a military take over be justified when there is high unemployment?
Would a military take over be justified when there are many social protests?
Would a military take over be justified when there is high crime?
Would a military take over be justified when there is high inflation, with excessive price rises?
Would a military take over be justified when there is a lot of corruption?
Do you think that sometimes there can be sufficient gounds for the Prime Ministers to close down parliament, or do you think there can never be a sufficient reason to do so?
Do you think that sometimes there can be sufficient gounds to dissolve the Supreme Court, or do you think that there can never be sufficient grounds to do so?
Which do you most agree: (1) it is necessary for progress that our PM limit the voice and vote of the opposition parties; or (2) Even if they delay the progress of the country, our PM should not limit the voice and vote of the opposition parties
Which do you most agree: (1) The Parliament slows down the work of our PMs, and should be ignored; (2) Even when it hinders the work of the government, Our PMs cannot pass over the Parliament
Which do you most agree: (1) The judges frequently hinder the work of the PMs, and they should be ignored; (2) Even when the judges sometimes hinder the work or our PMs, their decisions should always be obeyed
Which do you most agree: (1) Our PMs ought to have necessary power to act in favour of the national interest; (2) Our Prime Ministers' power ought to be limited so that our freedoms are not placed at risk
Which do you most agree: (1) Our PMs ought to do what the people want, even if the laws would prevent them from doing so; (2) Our Prime Ministers ought to obey the laws even if the people don't like it
Have you been a victim of any type of crime in the past 12 months?
What kind of crime were you the victim of?
Did you report the incident to any institution?
Why didn't you report the incident?
In order to capture criminals do you think that the authority should always respect the law or occasionally, they can operate at the margin of the law?
Speaking of the place or neighborhood where you live, and thinking of the possibility of falling victim to an assault or robbery, do you feel very safe, somewhat safe, somewhat unsafe, or very unsafe?
And, speaking of the country in general, how much do think that the level of crime that we have now represents a threat to our future well-being?
If you were a victim of a robbery or assault how much faith do you have that the judicial system would punish the guilty party?
In your neighborhood, have you seen anyone selling drugs in the past year?
To what extent do you think your neighborhood is affected by gangs?
Some people say that the police in this neighborhood protect people from criminals while others say that the police are the ones that are involved in crime. What do you think?
How satisfied are you with the Police?
How satisfied are you with the courts?
How satisfied are you with the Office of the Public Defender?
How satisfied are you with the Parish Council?
To what extent do you think the courts of justice in Jamaica guarantee a fair trial?
To what extent do you respect the political institution of Jamaica?
To what extent do you think that citizens' basic rights are well protected by the political system of Jamaica?
To what extent do you feel proud of living under the political system of Jamaica
To what extent do you think that one should support the political system of Jamaica
To what extent do you trust the system of justice?
To what extent do you trust the Electoral Office?
To what extent do you trust the Army?
To what extent do you trust the Parliament?
To what extent do you trust the Central Government?
To what extent do you trust the Public Defender's Office
To what extent do you trust the Police?
To what extent do you trust the Church?
To what extent do you trust the political parties?
To what extent do you trust the Supreme Court?
To what extent do you trust the Parish councilor's office of your parish?
To what extent are you proud of being Jamaican?
To what extent do you trust the Attorney General?
To what extent do you trust the Office of the Auditor General?
To what extent do you trust the media?
To what extent do you trust the tax office?
To what extent do you trust the elections?
To what extent would you say the current Government combats poverty?
To what extent would you say the current Government protects democratic principles?
To what extent would you say the current Government combats government corruption?
To what extent would you say the current Government protects human rights?
To what extent would you say the current Government improves citizen security?
To what extent would you say the current Government combats unemployment?
Speaking in general of the current government, would you say that the work being done by the PNP government is:
Democracy may have problems, but it is better than any other form of government. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?
Despite our differences, we Jamaicans have many things that unite us as a country. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?
There can be democracy without political parties. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?
In general, would you say that you are very satisfied, satisfied, dissatisfied or very dissatisfied with the way in which democracy works in Jamaica?
In your opinion, is Jamaica very democratic, somewhat democratic, not very democratic, or not at all democratic?
Approval/disapproval of people participating in legal demonstrations
Approval/disapproval of people participating in an organization or group to try to address community problems.
Approval/disapproval of people working on electoral campaigns for a political party or candidate.
Approval/disapproval of people participating in the closing or blocking roads.
Approval/disapproval of people squatting on other people's property
Approval/disapproval of people taking control over factories, office and buildings
Approval/disapproval of people participating in a group wanting to carry out a violent overthrow of an elected government.
Approval/disapproval of people taking the law into their own hands when the State does not punish criminals.
To what extent do you approve or disapprove of a law prohibiting public protest?
To what extent do you approve or disapprove of a law prohibiting the meetings or any group that criticizes the Jamaican political system?
To what extent would you approve or disapprove if the government decided which television program can be viewed?
To what extent would you approve or disapprove if the government decided which books are allowed in public school libraries?
To what extent would you approve or disapprove if the government banned any media that criticized it?
There are people who speak negatively of the Jamaican form of government, not just the current government but the form of government. How strongly do you approve or disapprove of such people's right to vote?
How strongly do you approve or disapprove that such people be allowed to conduct peaceful demonstrations in order to express their views?
How strongly do you approve or disapprove of such people being permitted to seek public office?
How strongly do you approve or disapprove of such people going on television to make speeches?
And now, changing the topic and thinking of homosexuals, how strongly do you approve or disapprove of such people being permitted to seek public office?
With which of the following statements do you agree the most:
Do you think that our country needs a government with an iron fist, or that problems can be resolved with everyone's participation?
There are people who say that we need a strong leader that does not have to be elected by the vote. Others say that although things may not work, electoral democracy, that is, the popular vote, is always the best. That do you think?
During elections, some people try to convince others to vote for some party or candidate. How often have you tried to convince others to vote for a party or candidate?
There are persons who work for some party or candidate during electoral campaigns. Did you work for any candidate or party in the last general elections of 2002?
A Member of Parliament accepts a bribe of ten thousand dollars from a company. Do you think that what the M.P. did is:
A mother of several children needs to obtain a birth certificate for one of them. In order not to waste time waiting, she pays a bribe of $5,000 to an official. Do you think that what the woman did is:
An unemployed individual is the brother-in-law of an important politician, and the politician uses his influence to get his brother-in-law a job. Do you think the politician is:
Did any police official ask you for bribe during the last year?
During the last year, did any public official ask you for a bribe?
During the last year, did you have any official dealings in the parish council? During the last year, to process any kind of document (like a license for example), did you have to pay any money above that required by law?
Are you currently employed? At your workplace, did anyone ask you for an inappropriate payment during the last year?
During the last year, did you have any business in the courts? Did you have to give a bribe at the courts during the last year?
Did you use the public health services during the last year? In order to be assisted in a hospital or clinic during the last year, did you have to give a bribe?
Did you have a child in school during the last year? Did you have to give a bribe at school during the last year?
Did anyone ask you for a bribe to avoid having the electricity cut off?
Do you think that the way things are, sometimes giving a bribe is justified?
Do you think that, in our society, giving bribes is justified because of the poor public services or do you think it is not justified?
Taking into account your own experience or what you have heard, corruption among public officials is (1) very common, (2) common, (3) uncommon, or (4) very uncommon?
What is the name of the current President of the United States?
What is the name of the Prime Minister of Jamaica?
How many constituencies does Jamaica have?
How long is the government's term of office in Jamaica?
What is the name of the president of Brazil?
Are you registered to vote?
Did you vote in the last general elections?
For which party did you vote for Member of Parliament in the last general elections?
Why did you not vote in the last general elections?
When you voted, which of the following three reasons was the most important reason for your vote?
Did you vote in the last Parish Councilor elections?
For which party did you vote for Parish councilor in the last elections?
Do you currently identify with a political party?
Which political party do you identify with?
How much interest do you have in politics: a lot, some, little or none?
How often do you discuss politics with other people?
A very effective way of correcting employee's mistakes is to reprimand them in front of other employees. To what extent do you agree with this practice?
The person who contributes most money to the home is the one who should have the final word in household decisions. To what extent do you agree?
At school, children should ask questions only when the teacher allows it. To what extent do you agree?
When children behave badly, the parents are occasionally justified in giving them a spanking.
Have you ever felt discriminated against or treated in an unjust manner because of your physical appearance or the way you talk, in governmental offices (courts, ministries, conference centre etc)?
Have you ever felt discriminated against or treated in an unjust manner because of your physical appearance or the way you talk, when you looked for a job in a company or business?
Have you ever felt discriminated against or treated in an unjust manner because of your physical appearance or the way you talk, in meetings or social events?
Have you ever felt discriminated against or treated in an unjust manner because of your physical appearance or the way you talk, in public places (in the street, market, commercial or business place)?
What was the last year of education you completed?
What is your age?
What is your denomination?
Into which of the following income ranges does the total monthly income of this household fit, including remittances from abroad and the income of all the working adults and children?
Does your family receive remittances from abroad?
To what extent does the income of this household depend on remittances from abroad?
Do you have close relatives who lived before in this household and are now living abroad?
Do you have any intentions to go to live or work in another country in the next three years?
The salary that you receive and the total family income:
What is your marital status?
How many children do you have?
Do you consider yourself, Black, Chinese, Mixed, White or of another race?
Do you think your mother is or was White, Chinese, Indian, Black or Mixed?
What language have you spoken at home since childhood?
Household has television set
“Household has refrigerator"
Household has land line
“Household has cellular telephone"
“Household has vehicle"
“Household has washing machine"
“Household has microwave oven"
“Household has motorcycle"
“Household has drinking water indoors"
“Household has indoor bathroom"
“Household has computer"
What is your main occupation?
Are you currently working?
In this job are you:
Besides you, how many employees are there in the place where you work?
Do you have [health] insurance?
For how many weeks during the last year were you unemployed?
During your childhood, where did you live mainly? In the country? In a town? Or in a city?:
Five years ago, where did you live?
The place where you lived 5 years ago was: