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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Trust police (Q34C)

Data file: gha_r1_data.sav

Overview

Valid: 1975

Invalid: 29

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 4

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 130

End: 130

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 4

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

34. How much do you trust the following institutions?
C. the police

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	I do not trust them at all	713	36.1%
2	I distrust them somewhat	283	14.3%
3	I trust them somewhat	610	30.9%
4	I trust them a lot	369	18.7%
9	don't know	0	0%
Sysmiss		29

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

The enumerator introduced the question by saying, “I am now going to read you a list of people. I would like to know whether, generally speaking, you trust them to do what is right all or most of the time.” Then, the enumerator probed to see whether or not views were held strongly.

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