Afrobarometer Survey 2016, Round 7
Uganda, 2016 - 2017
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Reference ID
UGA_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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Oct 14, 2021
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- uga_r7_data.sav
Q83e_UGA. Enact a law to discourage people who use forged qualifications from standing for elections (Q83E_UGA)
Data file: uga_r7_data.sav
Overview
Valid:
1200
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
-1
Maximum:
9
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
1016
End:
1017
Width:
2
Range:
-1 - 9
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
The quality of Uganda’s elections have been described by many stakeholders including the opposition, ruling party, civil society, media, and voters, as poor due to allegations of election irregularities and mismanagement. I am going to read from a list of proposals aimed at improving the quality of Uganda’s elections. For each of the following proposals, please tell me whether you disagree or agree?
- Enact a law to discourage people who use forged qualifications from standing for elections.
- Enact a law to discourage people who use forged qualifications from standing for elections.
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Missing | 3 |
0.3%
|
| 1 | Strongly disagree | 27 |
2.3%
|
| 2 | Disagree | 25 |
2.1%
|
| 3 | Neither agree nor disagree | 20 |
1.7%
|
| 4 | Agree | 338 |
28.2%
|
| 5 | Strongly agree | 776 |
64.7%
|
| 8 | Refused | 2 |
0.2%
|
| 9 | Don’t Know | 9 |
0.8%
|
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.