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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- gha_r8_data_27oct20.sav
Q45. Higher taxes with more govt services vs. lower taxes with fewer govt services (Q45)
Data file: gha_r8_data_27oct20.sav
Overview
Valid:
2400
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
9
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
443
End:
444
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 9
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Question pretext
Now let us talk about the tax system in this country.
Literal question
Which of the following statements is closest to your view? Choose statement 1 or Statement 2.
Statement 1: It is better to pay higher taxes if it means that there will be more services provided by government.
Statement 2: It is better to pay lower taxes, even if it means there will be fewer services provided by government.
Statement 1: It is better to pay higher taxes if it means that there will be more services provided by government.
Statement 2: It is better to pay lower taxes, even if it means there will be fewer services provided by government.
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Missing | 0 |
0%
|
| 1 | Agree very strongly with 1 | 746 |
31.1%
|
| 2 | Agree with 1 | 409 |
17%
|
| 3 | Agree with 2 | 334 |
13.9%
|
| 4 | Agree very strongly with 2 | 619 |
25.8%
|
| 5 | Agree with neither | 229 |
9.5%
|
| 8 | Refused | 5 |
0.2%
|
| 9 | Don't know | 58 |
2.4%
|
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.