Afrobarometer Survey 2008, Round 4
South Africa, 2008
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Q36. Parliament makes laws vs. president does (Q36)
Data file: saf_r4_data.sav
Overview
Valid:
2400
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
9
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
321
End:
323
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: The representatives to the National Assembly 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 National Assembly thinks.
Statement 1: The representatives to the National Assembly 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 National Assembly thinks.
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Missing | 0 |
0%
|
| 1 | Agree very strongly with 1 | 518 |
21.6%
|
| 2 | Agree with 1 | 667 |
27.8%
|
| 3 | Agree with 2 | 508 |
21.2%
|
| 4 | Agree very strongly with 2 | 289 |
12%
|
| 5 | Agree with neither | 260 |
10.8%
|
| 9 | Don't know | 158 |
6.6%
|
| 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.