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
Q19b. Newspapers free to publish vs. government control (Q19B)
Data file: gha_r8_data_27oct20.sav
Overview
Valid:
2400
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
9
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
277
End:
278
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 9
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
Let’s talk for a moment about the kind of society you would like to have in this country. Which of the following statements is closest to your view? Choose Statement 1 or Statement 2.
Statement 1: The media should have the right to publish any views and ideas without government control.
Statement 2: The government should have the right to prevent the media from publishing things that it disapproves of.
Statement 1: The media should have the right to publish any views and ideas without government control.
Statement 2: The government should have the right to prevent the media from publishing things that it disapproves of.
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Missing | 0 |
0%
|
| 1 | Agree very strongly with 1 | 1047 |
43.6%
|
| 2 | Agree with 1 | 519 |
21.6%
|
| 3 | Agree with 2 | 290 |
12.1%
|
| 4 | Agree very strongly with 2 | 428 |
17.8%
|
| 5 | Agree with neither | 51 |
2.1%
|
| 8 | Refused | 1 |
0%
|
| 9 | Don't know | 64 |
2.7%
|
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.