Afrobarometer Survey 2008, Round 4
Ghana, 2008
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Q62d. How often: write newspaper letter or call radio show (Q62D)
Data file: gha_r4_data.sav
Overview
Valid:
1200
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
-1
Maximum:
9
Mean:
0.428333333333333
Standard deviation:
1.46514598801418
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
626
End:
628
Width:
3
Range:
-1 - 9
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Question pretext
If respondent answered “yes” or “Don’t know” to Q62A1, ask.
Literal question
62. If you yourself have seen problems in how local government is run in the past year, how often, if at all, did you do any of the following:
D. Write a letter to a newspaper or call a radio show?
D. Write a letter to a newspaper or call a radio show?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Missing | 4 |
0.3%
|
| 0 | Never | 1030 |
85.8%
|
| 1 | Once or twice | 56 |
4.7%
|
| 2 | Several times | 56 |
4.7%
|
| 3 | Many times | 13 |
1.1%
|
| 7 | Not applicable/Saw no problems | 29 |
2.4%
|
| 9 | Don't know | 12 |
1%
|
| 998 | Refused | 0 |
0%
|
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
If respondent saw no problems, i.e., said “No” on Q62A1, use code 7=Not applicable for ALL remaining parts of Q62, and continue to Q63. Code 7 should either be used for ALL parts of Q62A-F, or NONE of them.