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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Q30. President free to act vs obey the laws and courts (Q30)

Data file: eth_r8.data_new_final_wtd_release_31mar21.sav

Overview

Valid: 2378

Invalid: -

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 9

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 305

End: 306

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?]
30. Statement 1: Since the Prime Minister was chosen to lead the country, he should not be bound by laws or court decisions that he thinks are wrong.
Statement 2: The Prime Minister 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	354	14.9%
2	Agree with 1	348	14.6%
3	Agree with 2	740	31.1%
4	Agree very strongly with 2	914	38.4%
5	Agree with neither	5	0.2%
8	Refused	0	0%
9	Don't know	17	0.7%

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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