Afrobarometer Survey 2019, Round 8
Ghana, 2019
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Reference ID
GHA_2019_AFB-R8_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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Oct 14, 2021
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Q29. President monitored by parliament vs. free to act on own (Q29)
Data file: gha_r8_data_27oct20.sav
Overview
Valid:
2400
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
9
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
301
End:
302
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 9
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
Which of the following statements is closest to your view? Choose Statement 1 or Statement 2.
Statement 1: Parliament should ensure that the president explains to it on a regular basis how his government spends taxpayers’ money.
Statement 2: The president should be able to devote his full attention to developing the country rather than wasting time justifying his actions.
Statement 1: Parliament should ensure that the president explains to it on a regular basis how his government spends taxpayers’ money.
Statement 2: The president should be able to devote his full attention to developing the country rather than wasting time justifying his actions.
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Missing | 0 |
0%
|
| 1 | Agree very strongly with 1 | 1359 |
56.6%
|
| 2 | Agree with 1 | 502 |
20.9%
|
| 3 | Agree with 2 | 187 |
7.8%
|
| 4 | Agree very strongly with 2 | 287 |
12%
|
| 5 | Agree with neither | 36 |
1.5%
|
| 8 | Refused | 0 |
0%
|
| 9 | Don't know | 29 |
1.2%
|
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.