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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Q36. Extent of democracy (Q36)
Data file: gha_r8_data_27oct20.sav
Overview
Valid:
2400
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
98
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
323
End:
324
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 98
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
36. Now let us speak about the political system in this country. In your opinion, how much of a democracy is Ghana today?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Missing | 0 |
0%
|
| 1 | Not a democracy | 68 |
2.8%
|
| 2 | A democracy, with major problems | 603 |
25.1%
|
| 3 | A democracy, but with minor problems | 1016 |
42.3%
|
| 4 | A full democracy | 651 |
27.1%
|
| 8 | Do not understand question / democracy | 13 |
0.5%
|
| 9 | Don't know | 47 |
2%
|
| 98 | Refused | 2 |
0.1%
|
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
Read out options.
Accept only one option.
Read the question in the language of the interview, but always read “democracy” in [English / French / Portuguese]. Translate “democracy” into local language only if respondent does not understand the term in the official language.
Accept only one option.
Read the question in the language of the interview, but always read “democracy” in [English / French / Portuguese]. Translate “democracy” into local language only if respondent does not understand the term in the official language.