Afrobarometer Survey 2005, Round 3
Ghana, 2005
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Q11. Civil servants keep jobs vs. lay offs to reduce costs (q11)
Data file: gha_r3_data.sav
Overview
Valid:
1197
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
-1
Maximum:
9
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
141
End:
143
Width:
3
Range:
-1 - 9
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
11. Which of the following statements is closest to your view? Choose Statement A or Statement B.
A. All civil servants should keep their jobs, even if paying their salaries is costly to the country.
B. The government cannot afford so many public employees and should lay some of them off.
A. All civil servants should keep their jobs, even if paying their salaries is costly to the country.
B. The government cannot afford so many public employees and should lay some of them off.
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Missing | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 1 | Agree very strongly with A | 525 |
43.9%
|
| 2 | Agree with A | 409 |
34.2%
|
| 3 | Agree with B | 138 |
11.5%
|
| 4 | Agree very strongly with B | 79 |
6.6%
|
| 5 | Agree with neither | 17 |
1.4%
|
| 9 | Don't know | 28 |
2.3%
|
| 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?