Afrobarometer Survey 1999, Round 1

Ghana, 1999

Reference ID

GHA_1999_AFB-R1_v01_M

Producer(s)

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

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Own success in life? (Q40)

Data file: gha_r1_data.sav

Overview

Valid: 2003

Invalid: 1

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 4

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 152

End: 152

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 4

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

40.
A. People should look after themselves and be responsible for their own success in life.
B. The government should bear the main responsibility for ensuring the well-being of people.

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	A, strongly	705	35.2%
2	A, somewhat	406	20.3%
3	B, somewhat	300	15%
4	B, strongly	592	29.6%
Sysmiss		1

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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