Afrobarometer Survey 2019, Round 8
Kenya, 2019
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Reference ID
KEN_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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- ken_r8_data_27oct20.sav
Q25. Political parties divisive vs. many parties needed (Q25)
Data file: ken_r8_data_27oct20.sav
Overview
Valid:
2400
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
9
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
346
End:
347
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: Political parties create division and confusion; it is therefore unnecessary to have many political parties in Kenya.
Statement 2: Many political parties are needed to make sure that Kenyans have real choices in who governs them.
Statement 1: Political parties create division and confusion; it is therefore unnecessary to have many political parties in Kenya.
Statement 2: Many political parties are needed to make sure that Kenyans have real choices in who governs them.
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Missing | 0 |
0%
|
| 1 | Agree very strongly with 1 | 438 |
18.3%
|
| 2 | Agree with 1 | 236 |
9.8%
|
| 3 | Agree with 2 | 363 |
15.1%
|
| 4 | Agree very strongly with 2 | 1321 |
55%
|
| 5 | Agree with neither | 24 |
1%
|
| 8 | Refused | 1 |
0%
|
| 9 | Don't know | 17 |
0.7%
|
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.
Interviewer instructions
Interviewer: Probe for strength of opinion: Do you agree or agree very strongly?