Afrobarometer Survey 2008, Round 4
Tanzania, 2008
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Q75d-TAN. MPs should not serve in Cabinet vs. No need to completely separate Legislature and Executive (q75dtan)
Data file: tan_r4_data.sav
Overview
Valid:
1208
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
9
Mean:
3
Standard deviation:
1.90059511893799
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
704
End:
706
Width:
3
Range:
1 - 9
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
75D-TAN. Which of the following statements is closest to your view? Choose Statement 1 or Statement 2.
Statement 1: Cabinet ministers should not be appointed from the Parliament, because this blurs the separation of powers between the Executive Branch and the Legislature, and accountability becomes difficult.
Statement 2: There is no need to have complete separation of powers between the Legislature and the Executive branches of government. Hence, cabinet ministers in Tanzania should continue to be appointed from the Parliament.
Statement 1: Cabinet ministers should not be appointed from the Parliament, because this blurs the separation of powers between the Executive Branch and the Legislature, and accountability becomes difficult.
Statement 2: There is no need to have complete separation of powers between the Legislature and the Executive branches of government. Hence, cabinet ministers in Tanzania should continue to be appointed from the Parliament.
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Missing | 0 |
0%
|
| 1 | Agree very strongly with 1 | 288 |
23.8%
|
| 2 | Agree with 1 | 245 |
20.3%
|
| 3 | Agree with 2 | 215 |
17.8%
|
| 4 | Agree very strongly with 2 | 383 |
31.7%
|
| 5 | Agree with neither | 6 |
0.5%
|
| 9 | Don't know | 71 |
5.9%
|
| 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.
Interviewer instructions
Probe for strength of opinion: Do you agree, or agree very strongly?