Afrobarometer Survey 2012, Round 5
Ghana, 2012
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Q21. Government like a parent vs. an employee (Q21)
Data file: gha_r5_data
Overview
Valid:
2400
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
9
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
355
End:
357
Width:
3
Range:
1 - 9
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
Lets talk for a moment about the kind of society you would like to have in this country.
21. Which of the following statements is closest to your view? Choose Statement 1 or Statement 2.
Statement 1: The government is like a parent. It should decide what is good for us.
Statement 2: The government is like our employee. We are the bosses and should tell government what to do.
21. Which of the following statements is closest to your view? Choose Statement 1 or Statement 2.
Statement 1: The government is like a parent. It should decide what is good for us.
Statement 2: The government is like our employee. We are the bosses and should tell government what to do.
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Missing | 0 |
0%
|
| 1 | Agree very strongly with 1 | 564 |
23.5%
|
| 2 | Agree with 1 | 389 |
16.2%
|
| 3 | Agree with 2 | 477 |
19.9%
|
| 4 | Agree very strongly with 2 | 909 |
37.9%
|
| 5 | Agree with neither | 50 |
2.1%
|
| 9 | Don't know | 11 |
0.5%
|
| 998 | Refused | 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.