Afrobarometer Survey 1999, Round 1

Ghana, 1999

Reference ID

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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Start new business? (Q44)

Data file: gha_r1_data.sav

Overview

Valid: 1994

Invalid: 10

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 4

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 156

End: 156

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 4

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

44.
A. There is no sense in trying to start a new business because many enterprises lose money.
B. If a person has a good idea for a business, they should invest their own savings or borrow money to try to make it succeed.

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	A, strongly	114	5.7%
2	A, somewhat	155	7.8%
3	B, somewhat	611	30.6%
4	B, strongly	1114	55.9%
Sysmiss		10

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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