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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Free schooling? (Q47)

Data file: gha_r1_data.sav

Overview

Valid: 2002

Invalid: 2

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 4

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 166

End: 166

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 4

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

47.
A. It is better to have free schooling for our children, even if the quality of education is low.
B. It is better to raise educational standards, even if we have to pay school fees.

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	A, strongly	264	13.2%
2	A, somewhat	196	9.8%
3	B, somewhat	407	20.3%
4	B, strongly	1135	56.7%
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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