Afrobarometer Survey 1999, Round 1

Ghana, 1999

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GHA_1999_AFB-R1_v01_M

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The Institute for Democracy in South Africa (IDASA), Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), Michigan State University (MSU)

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Best form of government? (Q26)

Data file: gha_r1_data.sav

Overview

Valid: 2002

Invalid: 2

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 4

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 99

End: 99

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 4

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

26.
A. The best form of government is a government elected by the people.
B. The best form of government is a government that gets things done.

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	A, strongly	1017	50.8%
2	A, somewhat	231	11.5%
3	B, somewhat	203	10.1%
4	B, strongly	551	27.5%
Sysmiss		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

The enumerator introduced the pair of statements by saying, “I am now going to give you several pairs of statements. Please tell me which one you agree with most. Choose Statement A or Statement B.” Then, the enumerator probed, “Do you agree strongly or just somewhat?”

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