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Afrobarometer Survey 2014-2015, Merged Round 6 Data (36 Countries)

Burundi, Benin, Burkina Faso, Botswana, Cameroon, Algeria, Egypt, Arab Rep., Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, K, 2014 - 2015
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AFR_2016_AFB-MR6_v01_M
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Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD, Ghana), Institute for Justice and Reconciliation in South Africa (IJR, South Africa), Institute for Empirical Research in Political Economy (IREEP, Benin), Institute for Development Studies (IDS, Kenya), Michigan State University (MSU, United States),
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Q34. President monitored by parliament vs. free to act on own (Q34)

Data file: merged_r6_data_2016_36countries2_12

Overview

Valid: 53935
Invalid: -
Minimum: -1
Maximum: 9
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 845
End: 846
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.
Statement 1: Parliament should ensure that the President explains to it on a regular basis how his government spends taxpayers’ money.
Statement 2: The President should be able to devote his full attention to developing the country rather than wasting time justifying his actions.
Categories
Value Category Cases
-1 Missing 14
0%
1 Agree very strongly with 1 20807
38.6%
2 Agree with 1 13581
25.2%
3 Agree with 2 8835
16.4%
4 Agree very strongly with 2 8179
15.2%
5 Agree with neither 853
1.6%
9 Don’t know 1666
3.1%
98 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.
Interviewer instructions
Probe for strength of opinion: Do you agree or agree very strongly?
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