Afrobarometer Survey 2018, Round 7
Ghana, 2018
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Reference ID
GHA_2018_AFB-R7_v01_M
Producer(s)
Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD), Institute for Justice and Reconciliation in South Africa (IJR), Institute for Empirical Research in Political Economy (IREEP), Institute for Development Studies (IDS), Michigan State University (MSU), University of Cape Town (UCT, South Africa)
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Q26c. Contact official for help (Q26C)
Data file: gha_r7_data.sav
Overview
Valid:
2400
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
0
Maximum:
9
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
379
End:
380
Width:
2
Range:
0 - 9
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
26. Here is a list of actions that people sometimes take as citizens when they are dissatisfied with government performance. For each of these, please tell me whether you, personally, have done any of these things during the past year. If not, would you do this if you had the chance:
- Contacted a government official to ask for help or make a complaint?
- Contacted a government official to ask for help or make a complaint?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Missing | 0 |
0%
|
| 0 | No, would never do this | 620 |
25.8%
|
| 1 | No, but would do if had the chance | 1409 |
58.7%
|
| 2 | Yes, once or twice | 189 |
7.9%
|
| 3 | Yes, several times | 102 |
4.3%
|
| 4 | Yes, often | 40 |
1.7%
|
| 8 | Refused | 0 |
0%
|
| 9 | Don't know | 40 |
1.7%
|
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.
Question post text
If yes, read out options 2-4
If not, ask "If not, would you do this if you had the chance?"
For no, read out options 0 and 1
If not, ask "If not, would you do this if you had the chance?"
For no, read out options 0 and 1