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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Q80c-GHA-PT1. Most important reason to not using the formal justice delivery system in Ghana (Q80C_GHA_PT1)
Data file: gha_r8_data_27oct20.sav
Overview
Valid:
2400
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
9999
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
980
End:
983
Width:
4
Range:
1 - 9999
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
80C-GHA. What three most important reasons would prevent you or any Ghanaian like you from using the formal justice delivery system in Ghana?
- 1st response
- 1st response
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Missing | 0 |
0%
|
| 1 | Costs of using formal justice system too expensive | 740 |
30.8%
|
| 2 | Formal justice system procedures too complex and technical to understand | 137 |
5.7%
|
| 3 | Formal justice system proceedings take a long time before judgement is given | 253 |
10.5%
|
| 4 | Sectors within the formal justice system are located in areas far from where they are needed most | 45 |
1.9%
|
| 5 | Formal justice system service providers are not available in most parts of the country | 32 |
1.3%
|
| 6 | Absence of legal aid services or free legal help for people like me who cannot afford the cost | 54 |
2.3%
|
| 7 | The formal justice system favors the rich and powerful against the poor | 224 |
9.3%
|
| 8 | Officials in the formal justice system will demand money or favor before rendering needed service | 91 |
3.8%
|
| 9995 | Other responses | 193 |
8%
|
| 9998 | Refused | 31 |
1.3%
|
| 9999 | Don’t know | 600 |
25%
|
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
Do not read out options. Code from responses given by respondent