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Afrobarometer Survey 2020, Round 8

Ethiopia, 2019 - 2020
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ETH_2020_AFB-R8_v01_M
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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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Q28. Experts make most important decisions vs no need for experts (Q28)

Data file: eth_r8.data_new_final_wtd_release_31mar21.sav

Overview

Valid: 2378
Invalid: -
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 9
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 301
End: 302
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. [Interviewer: Probe for strength of opinion: Do you agree or agree very strongly?]
28. Statement 1: Experts with specialized education or skills are needed to help make the most important decisions for our country.
Statement 2: The people and their elected representatives know what is best; they do not need the advice of experts to run the country.
Categories
Value Category Cases
-1 Missing 0
0%
1 Agree very strongly with 1 1181
49.7%
2 Agree with 1 812
34.1%
3 Agree with 2 247
10.4%
4 Agree very strongly with 2 125
5.3%
5 Agree with neither 1
0%
8 Refused 0
0%
9 Don't know 12
0.5%
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.
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