Afrobarometer Survey 2019, Round 8
Uganda, 2019
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Reference ID
UGA_2019_AFB-R8_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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Oct 14, 2021
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Q30. President free to act vs. obey the laws and courts (Q30)
Data file: uga_r8_data_27oct20.sav
Overview
Valid:
1200
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
9
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
397
End:
398
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 9
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
Which of the following statements is closest to your view? Choose Statement 1 or Statement 2.
Statement 1: Since the president was elected to lead the country, he should not be bound by laws or court decisions that he thinks are wrong.
Statement 2: The president must always obey the laws and the courts, even if he thinks they are wrong.
Statement 1: Since the president was elected to lead the country, he should not be bound by laws or court decisions that he thinks are wrong.
Statement 2: The president must always obey the laws and the courts, even if he thinks they are wrong.
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Missing | 0 |
0%
|
| 1 | Agree very strongly with 1 | 139 |
11.6%
|
| 2 | Agree with 1 | 108 |
9%
|
| 3 | Agree with 2 | 265 |
22.1%
|
| 4 | Agree very strongly with 2 | 668 |
55.7%
|
| 5 | Agree with neither | 6 |
0.5%
|
| 8 | Refused | 2 |
0.2%
|
| 9 | Don't know | 12 |
1%
|
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?