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3.
Results
The results are reported below under the various headings.
3.1
Demographic characteristics of sample
This report is based on the responses of the initial sample of 189 respondents 32 that completed
the questionnaire. A total of 184 questionnaires were complete, giving a response rate of 97%,
which gives very high reliability.
As can be seen from Table 1 below, the majority of responses [83%] were drawn from the 3
Mashonaland Provinces, with few responses to date from the remaining Provinces. However, here
it should be borne in mind that these were the Provinces in which most commercial farm workers
were found, and also were the Provinces that were seen as suffering the most violence since
2000.
Table 1
Breakdown of the sample by Province.
Manicaland
Mash Central
Mash East
Mash West
Masvingo
Mat North
Mat South
Midlands
Number
11
44
44
67
5
1
6
6
Most respondents [75%] described themselves as citizens of Zimbabwe, with the next largest
group describing themselves as having British citizenship. As can also be seen from Table 2
below, the numbers that reported having had to renounce their citizenship are relatively small,
and largely corresponded to the number that described themselves as having citizenship other
than Zimbabwean.
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The respondents were the farmer owners and their families. Data derived from the commercial farm workers will be the
subject of a second study and report.
A Preliminary Report on Human Rights Violations on Commercial Farms, 2000 to 2005.
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