Afrobarometer Survey 2008, Round 4
Ghana, 2008
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Q36. Parliament makes laws vs. president does (Q36)
Data file: gha_r4_data.sav
Overview
Valid:
1200
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
9
Mean:
2.6925
Standard deviation:
1.94878814378521
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
290
End:
292
Width:
3
Range:
1 - 9
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
36, 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 the 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 the Parliament thinks.
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Missing | 0 |
0%
|
| 1 | Agree very strongly with 1 | 415 |
34.6%
|
| 2 | Agree with 1 | 283 |
23.6%
|
| 3 | Agree with 2 | 158 |
13.2%
|
| 4 | Agree very strongly with 2 | 180 |
15%
|
| 5 | Agree with neither | 105 |
8.8%
|
| 9 | Don't know | 59 |
4.9%
|
| 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.