Afrobarometer Survey 2019, Round 8
Ghana, 2019
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Reference ID
GHA_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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Q26. Elected officials accountable vs elected leaders follow own ideas (Q26)
Data file: gha_r8_data_27oct20.sav
Overview
Valid:
2400
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
9
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
295
End:
296
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: Our elected officials should listen to constituents’ views and do what they demand.
Statement 2: Our elected leaders should follow their own ideas in deciding what is best for the country.
Statement 1: Our elected officials should listen to constituents’ views and do what they demand.
Statement 2: Our elected leaders should follow their own ideas in deciding what is best for the country.
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Missing | 0 |
0%
|
| 1 | Agree very strongly with 1 | 1520 |
63.3%
|
| 2 | Agree with 1 | 551 |
23%
|
| 3 | Agree with 2 | 113 |
4.7%
|
| 4 | Agree very strongly with 2 | 179 |
7.5%
|
| 5 | Agree with neither | 25 |
1%
|
| 8 | Refused | 1 |
0%
|
| 9 | Don't know | 11 |
0.5%
|
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.