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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Reference ID
AFR_2016_AFB-MR6_v01_M
Producer(s)
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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Q35. Opposition parties examine government vs. cooperate (Q35)
Data file: merged_r6_data_2016_36countries2_12
Overview
Valid:
53935
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
-1
Maximum:
99
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
847
End:
848
Width:
2
Range:
-1 - 99
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: After losing an election, opposition parties should monitor and criticize the government in order to hold it accountable.
Statement 2: Once an election is over, opposition parties and politicians should accept defeat and cooperate with government to help it develop the country.
Statement 1: After losing an election, opposition parties should monitor and criticize the government in order to hold it accountable.
Statement 2: Once an election is over, opposition parties and politicians should accept defeat and cooperate with government to help it develop the country.
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Missing | 10 |
0%
|
| 1 | Agree very strongly with 1 | 7881 |
14.6%
|
| 2 | Agree with 1 | 7171 |
13.3%
|
| 3 | Agree with 2 | 15038 |
27.9%
|
| 4 | Agree very strongly with 2 | 20939 |
38.8%
|
| 5 | Agree with neither | 768 |
1.4%
|
| 9 | Don’t know | 928 |
1.7%
|
| 98 | Refused | 0 |
0%
|
| 99 | Not Asked in this Country | 1200 |
2.2%
|
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?