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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Provide employment? (Q41)

Data file: gha_r1_data.sav

Overview

Valid: 2001

Invalid: 3

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 4

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 153

End: 153

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 4

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

41.
A. The best way to create jobs is to encourage people to start their own businesses.
B. The government should provide employment for everyone who wants to work.

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	A, strongly	629	31.4%
2	A, somewhat	401	20%
3	B, somewhat	305	15.2%
4	B, strongly	666	33.3%
Sysmiss		3

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 pair of statements by saying, “I am now going to give you several pairs of statements. Please tell me which one you agree with most. Choose Statement A or Statement B.” Then, the enumerator probed, “Do you agree strongly or just somewhat?”

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