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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Free to earn? (Q42)

Data file: gha_r1_data.sav

Overview

Valid: 2002

Invalid: 2

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 4

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 154

End: 154

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 4

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

42.
A. Everyone should be free to earn as much as they can, even if this leads to differences in income between people.
B. The government should place limits on how much the rich can earn, even if this discourages some people from working hard.

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	A, strongly	880	44%
2	A, somewhat	525	26.2%
3	B, somewhat	329	16.4%
4	B, strongly	268	13.4%
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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