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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Enjoy a real choice? (Q31)

Data file: gha_r1_data.sav

Overview

Valid: 2001

Invalid: 3

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 4

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 122

End: 122

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 4

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

31.
A. In Ghana today, we enjoy a real choice among different political parties and candidates.
B. This country is well on its way to becoming a single-party state without real political choice

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	A, strongly	761	38%
2	A, somewhat	710	35.5%
3	B, somewhat	306	15.3%
4	B, strongly	224	11.2%
Sysmiss		3

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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