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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Q64 Absolute freedom of religion vs government regulates what is said (Q64)
Data file: ben_r7_data_eng.sav
Overview
Valid:
1200
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
9
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
850
End:
851
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 9
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
64. Which of the following statements is closest to your view? Choose Statement 1 or Statement 2.
Statement 1: Freedom of religion and worship are absolute, meaning that government should never limit what is said in a place of worship.
Statement 2: Government should have the power to regulate what is said in places of worship, especially if preachers or congregants threaten public security.
Statement 1: Freedom of religion and worship are absolute, meaning that government should never limit what is said in a place of worship.
Statement 2: Government should have the power to regulate what is said in places of worship, especially if preachers or congregants threaten public security.
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Missing | 0 |
0%
|
| 1 | Agree very strongly with 1 | 273 |
22.8%
|
| 2 | Agree with 1 | 240 |
20%
|
| 3 | Agree with 2 | 260 |
21.7%
|
| 4 | Agree very strongly with 2 | 415 |
34.6%
|
| 5 | Agree with neither | 6 |
0.5%
|
| 8 | Refused | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 9 | Don't know | 5 |
0.4%
|
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?”