Afrobarometer Survey 1999, Round 1

Ghana, 1999

Reference ID

GHA_1999_AFB-R1_v01_M

Producer(s)

The Institute for Democracy in South Africa (IDASA), Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), Michigan State University (MSU)

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Support for democracy (Q22)

Data file: gha_r1_data.sav

Overview

Valid: 1990

Invalid: 14

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 3

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 95

End: 95

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 3

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

22. Which of the following statements is closest to your own opinion?
A. Democracy is preferable to any other form of government.
B. In certain situations, a non-democratic government can be preferable to a democratic one.
C. To people like me, it doesn’t matter what form of government we have.

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	A. Democracy is preferable to any other form of government	1530	76.9%
2	B. ...a non-dem. govt can be pref. to dem. one	178	8.9%
3	C. To people like me, it doesn't matter what form of govt	282	14.2%
Sysmiss		14

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

The enumerator introduced the pair of statements by saying, “Here are several pairs of statements. Please tell me whether you most agree with Statement A or Statement B?.” Then, the enumerator probed for strength of opinion.

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