Afrobarometer Survey 2011, Round 5
South Africa, 2011
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Q39. Parliament makes laws vs. president does (Q39)
Data file: saf_r5_data_july_2015
Overview
Valid:
2399
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
1
Range:
-1 - 998
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
39. Which of the following statements is closest to your view? Choose Statement 1 or Statement 2.
Statement 1: Members of Parliament represent the people; therefore, they should make laws for this country, even if the President does not agree.
Statement 2: Since the President represents all of us, he should pass laws without worrying about what Parliament thinks.
Statement 1: Members of Parliament represent the people; therefore, they should make laws for this country, even if the President does not agree.
Statement 2: Since the President represents all of us, he should pass laws without worrying about what Parliament thinks.
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Missing | 0 |
0%
|
| 1 | Agree very strongly with 1 | 562 |
23.4%
|
| 2 | Agree with 1 | 954 |
39.8%
|
| 3 | Agree with 2 | 445 |
18.5%
|
| 4 | Agree very strongly with 2 | 184 |
7.7%
|
| 5 | Agree with neither | 200 |
8.3%
|
| 9 | Don't know | 54 |
2.3%
|
| 998 | Refused | 0 |
0%
|
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.