Afrobarometer Survey 2014-2015, Merged Round 6 Data (36 Countries)

Burundi, Benin, Burkina Faso, Botswana, Cameroon, Algeria, Egypt, Arab Rep., Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, K, 2014 - 2015

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AFR_2016_AFB-MR6_v01_M

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Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD, Ghana), Institute for Justice and Reconciliation in South Africa (IJR, South Africa), Institute for Empirical Research in Political Economy (IREEP, Benin), Institute for Development Studies (IDS, Kenya), Michigan State University (MSU, United States),

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Q16. Government bans organizations vs. join any (Q16)

Data file: merged_r6_data_2016_36countries2_12

Overview

Valid: 53935

Invalid: -

Minimum: -1

Maximum: 9

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 374

End: 375

Width: 2

Range: -1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Lets talk for a moment about the kind of society you would like to have in this country. Which of the following statements is closest to your view? Choose Statement 1 or Statement 2.
Statement 1: Government should be able to ban any organization that goes against its policies.
Statement 2: We should be able to join any organization, whether or not the government approves of it.

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
-1	Missing	19	0%
1	Agree very strongly with 1	8861	16.4%
2	Agree with 1	9195	17%
3	Agree with 2	16087	29.8%
4	Agree very strongly with 2	17136	31.8%
5	Agree with neither	1177	2.2%
9	Donâ€™t know	1460	2.7%
98	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.

Interviewer instructions

Probe for strength of opinion: Doyou agree or agree very strongly?

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