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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Foreign investment? (Q50)

Data file: gha_r1_data.sav

Overview

Valid: 2001

Invalid: 3

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 4

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 169

End: 169

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 4

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

50.
A. In order to create jobs, the government should encourage foreign companies to invest in our country.
B. The government should be wary of foreign investors because they may gain control of our national wealth.

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	A, strongly	983	49.1%
2	A, somewhat	410	20.5%
3	B, somewhat	232	11.6%
4	B, strongly	376	18.8%
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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