Afrobarometer Survey 2012, Round 5
Malawi, 2012
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Q40. President free to act vs. obey the laws and courts (Q40)
Data file: mlw_r5_data_july_2015
Overview
Valid:
2407
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
-1
Maximum:
9
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
412
End:
414
Width:
3
Range:
-1 - 9
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
40. Which of the following statements is closest to your view? Choose Statement 1 or Statement 2.
Statement 1: Since the President was elected to lead the country, he should not be bound by laws or court decisions that he thinks are wrong.
Statement 2: The President must always obey the laws and the courts, even if he thinks they are wrong.
Statement 1: Since the President was elected to lead the country, he should not be bound by laws or court decisions that he thinks are wrong.
Statement 2: The President must always obey the laws and the courts, even if he thinks they are wrong.
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Missing | 1 |
0%
|
| 1 | Agree very strongly with 1 | 407 |
16.9%
|
| 2 | Agree with 1 | 216 |
9%
|
| 3 | Agree with 2 | 476 |
19.8%
|
| 4 | Agree very strongly with 2 | 1255 |
52.1%
|
| 5 | Agree with neither | 21 |
0.9%
|
| 9 | Don't know | 31 |
1.3%
|
| 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
Accept only one option. Read the question in the language of the interview, but always read “democracy” in Arabic. Translate “democracy” into local language only if respondent does not understand term in official language.