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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Q73. Free to move when public security threatened vs impose curfews (Q73)
Data file: gha_r8_data_27oct20.sav
Overview
Valid:
2400
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
9
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
926
End:
927
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 9
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Question pretext
Let’s talk for a moment about the kind of society you would like to have in this country. Some people say that, in order to enjoy security from violence in our society, we must limit the amount of freedom that citizens are allowed to enjoy. Others say that political liberty is too important to sacrifice and must always be maintained, even if it threatens the security of the country.
Literal question
73. Which of the following statements is closest to your view? Choose Statement 1 or Statement 2.
Statement 1: Even if faced with threats to public security, people should be free to move about the country at any time of day or night.
Statement 2: When faced with threats to public security, the government should be able to impose curfews and set up special roadblocks to prevent people from moving around.
Statement 1: Even if faced with threats to public security, people should be free to move about the country at any time of day or night.
Statement 2: When faced with threats to public security, the government should be able to impose curfews and set up special roadblocks to prevent people from moving around.
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Missing | 0 |
0%
|
| 1 | Agree very strongly with 1 | 326 |
13.6%
|
| 2 | Agree with 1 | 225 |
9.4%
|
| 3 | Agree with 2 | 483 |
20.1%
|
| 4 | Agree very strongly with 2 | 1304 |
54.3%
|
| 5 | Agree with neither | 31 |
1.3%
|
| 8 | Refused | 3 |
0.1%
|
| 9 | Don't know | 28 |
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.