Afrobarometer Survey 2018, Round 7
Ghana, 2018
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GHA_2018_AFB-R7_v01_M
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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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Q55pt1. Most important problems - 1st response (Q55PT1)
Data file: gha_r7_data.sav
Overview
Valid:
2400
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
0
Maximum:
9999
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
581
End:
584
Width:
4
Range:
0 - 9999
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
55. In your opinion, what are the most important problems facing this country that government should address? 1st response
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Missing | 0 |
0%
|
| 0 | Nothing/ no problems | 5 |
0.2%
|
| 1 | Management of the economy | 196 |
8.2%
|
| 2 | Wages, incomes and salaries | 61 |
2.5%
|
| 3 | Unemployment | 653 |
27.2%
|
| 4 | Poverty/destitution | 102 |
4.3%
|
| 5 | Rates and Taxes | 28 |
1.2%
|
| 6 | Loans / credit | 27 |
1.1%
|
| 7 | Farming/agriculture | 46 |
1.9%
|
| 8 | Food shortage/famine | 8 |
0.3%
|
| 9 | Drought | 0 |
0%
|
| 10 | Land | 4 |
0.2%
|
| 11 | Transportation | 36 |
1.5%
|
| 12 | Communications | 6 |
0.3%
|
| 13 | Infrastructure / roads | 279 |
11.6%
|
| 14 | Education | 245 |
10.2%
|
| 15 | Housing | 13 |
0.5%
|
| 16 | Electricity | 122 |
5.1%
|
| 17 | Water supply | 142 |
5.9%
|
| 18 | Orphans/street children/homeless children | 3 |
0.1%
|
| 19 | Services (other) | 34 |
1.4%
|
| 20 | Health | 97 |
4%
|
| 21 | AIDS | 0 |
0%
|
| 22 | Sickness / Disease | 3 |
0.1%
|
| 23 | Crime and Security | 41 |
1.7%
|
| 24 | Corruption | 171 |
7.1%
|
| 25 | Political violence | 1 |
0%
|
| 26 | Political instability / ethnic tensions | 3 |
0.1%
|
| 27 | Discrimination/ inequality | 7 |
0.3%
|
| 28 | Gender issues / women’s rights | 0 |
0%
|
| 29 | Democracy/political rights | 17 |
0.7%
|
| 30 | War (international) | 0 |
0%
|
| 31 | Civil war | 0 |
0%
|
| 32 | Agricultural marketing | 23 |
1%
|
| 9995 | Other | 13 |
0.5%
|
| 9998 | Refused | 5 |
0.2%
|
| 9999 | Don’t know | 9 |
0.4%
|
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
Do not read options.
Code from responses.
Accept up to three answers.
Code from responses.
Accept up to three answers.
Question post text
If respondent offers more than three options, ask “Which three of these are the most important?” If respondent offers one or two answers, ask “Anything else?”