APPENDIX A: SUMMARY OF QUESTIONNAIRE ITEMS
NATIONWIDE SURVEY OF PUBLIC OPINION IN ZIMBABWE
FHSA / MPOI SURVEY – JUNE 2012
Note: The following is a summary of the questionnaire used in the survey. This appendix excludes, for
example, response options and instructions to interviewers, including so-called ‘skip- instructions.
Section 1: Demographic Information and Media Use
What is your age?
Q1: [Record gender.]
Q2A: Are you employed? Q2B: Are you employed part-time or full-time? Q2C: Are you employed in the formal
sector, or informally? Q2D: For how long have you been unemployed now?
Q3: What is the highest level of education you have completed?
Q4: How often do you get news about matters of government and politics from the following media sources?
Q5: Which of these media do you most commonly use for news on politics and current affairs? Q5A: Specifically,
which radio station do you most commonly listen to for news on politics and current affairs? Q5B: Which television
station do you most commonly watch for news on politics and current affairs? Q5C: Which newspaper do you most
commonly use for news on politics and current affairs? Q5D: Which internet news site do you most commonly use for
news on politics and current affairs?
Q6: About these news sources that you most commonly use for your news on politics and current affairs, do you trust
the news that you receive from this source?
Q7A: How often do you use a cell phone? Please estimate. Q7B: Which of the following do you use your cell phone
for? Q7C: How often do you use a computer? Q7D: Which of the following do you use the computer for?
Section 2: General Socio-political-economic Directions in Zimbabwe
Q8A: How do you feel about the general direction in which Zimbabwe is moving? Is Zimbabwe moving in a right or a
wrong direction? Q8B: What is the one most important thing that makes you feel Zimbabwe is moving in a right
direction? Q8C: What is the one most important thing that makes you feel Zimbabwe is moving in a wrong direction?
Q8D: What is the one most important thing that makes you feel Zimbabwe is moving in both directions? Q8E: What
is the one most important thing that makes you feel Zimbabwe is not moving at all?
Q9A: Thinking of the economy generally and your own life at present in Zimbabwe, how do you describe …? Q9A (i):
The present economic condition of this country? Q9A (ii): Your own present living conditions? Q9B(i): Economic
conditions in this country today, compared to twelve months ago? Q9B: Looking back, how do you rate …?
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