Afrobarometer Survey 2008, Round 4
Ghana, 2008
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Q37. President free to act vs. obey the laws and courts (Q37)
Data file: gha_r4_data.sav
Overview
Valid:
1200
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
9
Mean:
3.28083333333333
Standard deviation:
1.55905682621846
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
293
End:
295
Width:
3
Range:
1 - 9
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
37, 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.
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 | 0 |
0%
|
| 1 | Agree very strongly with 1 | 161 |
13.4%
|
| 2 | Agree with 1 | 189 |
15.8%
|
| 3 | Agree with 2 | 266 |
22.2%
|
| 4 | Agree very strongly with 2 | 480 |
40%
|
| 5 | Agree with neither | 64 |
5.3%
|
| 9 | Don't know | 40 |
3.3%
|
| 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.