Table 1.
Attitudes of citizens and local authority executive directors towards private service providers
| Outsourcing of municipal services would increase inequality and insecurity among citizens (%) | |||||
| Agree | Somewhat agree | Cannot say | Somewhat disagree | Disagree | |
| Citizens | 23 | 43 | 4 | 26 | 3 |
| Manager | 2 | 32 | 4 | 44 | 17 |
| Outsourcing of municipal services would result in better services and cost-savings (%) | |||||
| Agree | Somewhat agree | Cannot say | Somewhat disagree | Disagree | |
| Citizens | 7 | 41 | 5 | 33 | 14 |
| Manager | 12 | 46 | 5 | 32 | 4 |
Source: FMD 2006: 16-23, 62-64, 66-67, 69