Afrobarometer Survey 2017, Round 7
Benin, 2017
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Reference ID
BEN_2017_AFB-R7_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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Jan 16, 2021
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Q37. Obey government always vs. only if vote for it (Q37)
Data file: ben_r7_data_eng.sav
Overview
Valid:
1200
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
4
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
282
End:
283
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 4
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
37. Which of the following statements is closest to your view? Choose Statement 1 or Statement 2.
Statement 1: It is important to obey the government in power, no matter who you voted for.
Statement 2: It is not necessary to obey the laws of a government that you did not vote for.
Statement 1: It is important to obey the government in power, no matter who you voted for.
Statement 2: It is not necessary to obey the laws of a government that you did not vote for.
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Missing | 0 |
0%
|
| 1 | Agree very strongly with 1 | 789 |
65.8%
|
| 2 | Agree with 1 | 329 |
27.4%
|
| 3 | Agree with 2 | 35 |
2.9%
|
| 4 | Agree very strongly with 2 | 47 |
3.9%
|
| 5 | Agree with neither | 0 |
0%
|
| 8 | Refused | 0 |
0%
|
| 9 | Don't know | 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 probed for strength of opinion asking “Do you agree or agree very strongly?”