Afrobarometer Survey 2007, Round 3.5
Nigeria, 2007
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Reference ID
NGA_2007_AFB-R3.5_v01_M
Producer(s)
Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD), Institute for Justice and Reconciliation in South Africa (IJR), Institute for Empirical Research in Political Economy (IREEP), Institute for Development Studies (IDS), Michigan State University (MSU), University of Cape Town (UCT, South Africa)
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Q23. Parliament makes laws vs. president does (Q23)
Data file: nig_r3.5_data.sav
Overview
Valid:
2410
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
9
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
226
End:
228
Width:
3
Range:
1 - 9
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
Which of the following statements is closest to your view? Choose Statement A or Statement B.
A: The members of the National Assembly represent the people; therefore they should make laws for this country, even if the President does not agree.
B: Since the President represents all of us, he should pass laws without worrying about what the National Assembly thinks.
A: The members of the National Assembly represent the people; therefore they should make laws for this country, even if the President does not agree.
B: Since the President represents all of us, he should pass laws without worrying about what the National Assembly thinks.
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Missing | 0 |
0%
|
| 1 | Agree very strongly with A | 762 |
31.6%
|
| 2 | Agree with A | 1069 |
44.4%
|
| 3 | Agree with B | 278 |
11.5%
|
| 4 | Agree very strongly with B | 92 |
3.8%
|
| 5 | Agree with neither | 114 |
4.7%
|
| 9 | Don't know | 95 |
3.9%
|
| 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
Interviewer: Probe for strength of opinion: Do you agree or agree very strongly?