Saba: preferred governmental status of the island 2015| ��ƽ��

If you had to choose one of the following options, would you now choose for Saba: complete independence, an autonomous country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, a special municipality of the Netherlands, or back to the Netherlands Antilles?*

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Release date

January 2016

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Region

Netherlands

Survey time period

September 14, 2015 to December 1, 2015

Number of respondents

220 respondents

Method of interview

Questionnaire and personal interview

Supplementary notes

* This question was phrased by the source as follows: "Als u zou moeten kiezen, welke van de volgende mogelijkheden zou u dan o dit moment voor [eiland] wensen: volledige onafhankelijkheid, een autonoom land binnen het Koninkrijk, een bijzondere gemeente van Nederland, of terug in de Nederlandse Antillen?" (English: If you had to choose one of the following options, would you now choose for the [island]: complete independence, an autonomous country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, a special municipality of the Netherlands, or back to the Netherlands Antilles?)

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This statistic displays the opinions on the preferred governmental status of the island in Saba in 2015. In 2010, the Netherlands Antilles were disbanded, and Saba became a special municipality of the Netherlands. Five years later, respondents from Saba participating in this survey were asked what their preferred governmental status for the island was. Nearly ** percent stated to pick their current status of special municipality, but also ** percent would prefer going back to the Netherlands Antilles.