Afrobarometer Survey 2008, Round 4
Ghana, 2008
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Q21. Govt. suppress expression vs. people speak minds (Q21)
Data file: gha_r4_data.sav
Overview
Valid:
1200
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
9
Mean:
3.425
Standard deviation:
1.25326928600868
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
206
End:
208
Width:
3
Range:
1 - 9
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
21. Which of the following statements is closest to your view? Choose Statement 1 or Statement 2.
Statement 1: Government should not allow the expression of political views that are fundamentally different from the views of the majority.
Statement 2: People should be able to speak their minds about politics free of government influence, no matter how unpopular their views may be.
Statement 1: Government should not allow the expression of political views that are fundamentally different from the views of the majority.
Statement 2: People should be able to speak their minds about politics free of government influence, no matter how unpopular their views may be.
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Missing | 0 |
0%
|
| 1 | Agree very strongly with 1 | 95 |
7.9%
|
| 2 | Agree with 1 | 127 |
10.6%
|
| 3 | Agree with 2 | 294 |
24.5%
|
| 4 | Agree very strongly with 2 | 637 |
53.1%
|
| 5 | Agree with neither | 23 |
1.9%
|
| 9 | Don't know | 24 |
2%
|
| 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.
Interviewer instructions
Probe for strength of opinion: Do you agree or agree very strongly?