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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Q60. Unrestricted access to the Internet vs regulated access (Q60)
Data file: gha_r8_data_27oct20.sav
Overview
Valid:
2400
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
9
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
819
End:
820
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: Unrestricted access to the Internet and social media helps people to be more informed and active citizens, and should be protected.
Statement 2: Information shared on the Internet and social media is dividing Ghana, so access should be regulated by government.
Statement 1: Unrestricted access to the Internet and social media helps people to be more informed and active citizens, and should be protected.
Statement 2: Information shared on the Internet and social media is dividing Ghana, so access should be regulated by government.
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Missing | 0 |
0%
|
| 1 | Agree very strongly with 1 | 607 |
25.3%
|
| 2 | Agree with 1 | 555 |
23.1%
|
| 3 | Agree with 2 | 291 |
12.1%
|
| 4 | Agree very strongly with 2 | 475 |
19.8%
|
| 5 | Agree with neither | 74 |
3.1%
|
| 8 | Refused | 3 |
0.1%
|
| 9 | Don't know | 395 |
16.5%
|
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.