Afrobarometer Survey 2008, Round 4
Malawi, 2008
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Q37. President free to act vs. obey the laws and courts (Q37)
Data file: mlw_r4_data.sav
Overview
Valid:
1200
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
9
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
284
End:
286
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, she should not be bound by laws or court decisions that she thinks are wrong.
Statement 2: The President must always obey the laws and the courts, even if she thinks they are wrong.
Statement 1: Since the President was elected to lead the country, she should not be bound by laws or court decisions that she thinks are wrong.
Statement 2: The President must always obey the laws and the courts, even if she thinks they are wrong.
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Missing | 0 |
0%
|
| 1 | Agree very strongly with 1 | 212 |
17.7%
|
| 2 | Agree with 1 | 213 |
17.8%
|
| 3 | Agree with 2 | 254 |
21.2%
|
| 4 | Agree very strongly with 2 | 492 |
41%
|
| 5 | Agree with neither | 16 |
1.3%
|
| 9 | Don't know | 13 |
1.1%
|
| 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.