Afrobarometer Survey 2016, Round 7
Kenya, 2016
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Reference ID
KEN_2016_AFB-R7_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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- ken_r7_data.sav
Q79_ken. Government invest in infrastructure vs not incur debt (Q79_KEN)
Data file: ken_r7_data.sav
Overview
Valid:
1599
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
-1
Maximum:
9
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
825
End:
826
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: It is more important for government to invest in good infrastructure such as roads even if this is costly to the country and leaves a large debt burden to future generations.
Statement 2: government should not finance new infrastructural projects at the expense of bequeathing future generations a large debt burden..
Statement 1: It is more important for government to invest in good infrastructure such as roads even if this is costly to the country and leaves a large debt burden to future generations.
Statement 2: government should not finance new infrastructural projects at the expense of bequeathing future generations a large debt burden..
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Missing | 12 |
0.8%
|
| 1 | Agree very strongly with 1 | 532 |
33.3%
|
| 2 | Agree with 1 | 281 |
17.6%
|
| 3 | Agree with 2 | 301 |
18.8%
|
| 4 | Agree very strongly with 2 | 268 |
16.8%
|
| 5 | Agree with neither | 86 |
5.4%
|
| 8 | Refused | 0 |
0%
|
| 9 | Don't know | 119 |
7.4%
|
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.
Interviewer instructions
Interviewer: Probe for strength of opinion: Do you agree or agree very strongly?