Afrobarometer Survey 2011, Round 5

Republic of Cabo Verde, 2011 - 2012

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CPV_2011_AFB-R5_v01_M

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The Institute for Democracy in South Africa (IDASA), Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), Michigan State University (MSU)

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Q40. President free to act vs. obey the laws and courts (Q40)

Data file: cdi_r5_data_july_2015_0

Overview

Valid: 1200

Invalid: -

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 9

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 384

End: 386

Width: 3

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

40. Which of the following statements is closest to your view? Choose Statement 1 or Statement 2.
Statement 1: Since the President was elected to lead the country, he should not be bound by laws or court decisions that he thinks are wrong.
Statement 2: The President must always obey the laws and the courts, even if he thinks they are wrong.

Categories

Value	Category
-1	Missing
1	Agree very strongly with 1
2	Agree with 1
3	Agree with 2
4	Agree very strongly with 2
5	Agree with neither
9	Don't know
998	Refused

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Interviewer instructions

Accept only one option. Read the question in the language of the interview, but always read “democracy” in Arabic. Translate “democracy” into local language only if respondent does not understand term in official language.

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