Afrobarometer Survey 1999, Round 1

Ghana, 1999

Reference ID

GHA_1999_AFB-R1_v01_M

Producer(s)

The Institute for Democracy in South Africa (IDASA), Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), Michigan State University (MSU)

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Jan 19, 2021

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Can influence government (Q28D)

Data file: gha_r1_data.sav

Overview

Valid: 2000

Invalid: 4

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 5

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 113

End: 113

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 5

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

28D. Ordinary people can influence what government does.

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	much worse	148	7.4%
2	somewhat worse	228	11.4%
3	no change	539	27%
4	somewhat better	755	37.8%
5	much better	330	16.5%
Sysmiss		4

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

Enumerator says, “We are going to compare our present system of government with the former system of military rule. Please tell me if the following things are better or worse now than they used to be.”

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