Afrobarometer Survey 2015, Round 6
South Africa, 2015
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Q38. President free to act vs. obey the laws and courts (Q38)
Data file: saf_r6_data.sav
Overview
Valid:
2390
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
9
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
571
End:
572
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 9
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
38. 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.
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 | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Missing | 0 |
0%
|
| 1 | Agree very strongly with 1 | 176 |
7.4%
|
| 2 | Agree with 1 | 277 |
11.6%
|
| 3 | Agree with 2 | 709 |
29.7%
|
| 4 | Agree very strongly with 2 | 1160 |
48.5%
|
| 5 | Agree with neither | 33 |
1.4%
|
| 9 | Don't know | 35 |
1.5%
|
| 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.