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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Q38. President free to act vs. obey the laws and courts (Q38)

Data file: merged_r6_data_2016_36countries2_12

Overview

Valid: 53935

Invalid: -

Minimum: -1

Maximum: 9

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 853

End: 854

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: Since the President was elected to lead the country, he should not be bound by laws or court decisions that he thinks are wrong.
Statement 2: The President must always obey the laws and the courts, even if he thinks they are wrong.

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
-1	Missing	13	0%
1	Agree very strongly with 1	5929	11%
2	Agree with 1	7670	14.2%
3	Agree with 2	17357	32.2%
4	Agree very strongly with 2	19103	35.4%
5	Agree with neither	1870	3.5%
9	Donâ€™t know	1993	3.7%
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.

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