Afrobarometer Survey 2012, Round 5
Liberia, 2012
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Q33. Government gets things done but no citizen influence vs. Govt. accountable to citizens (q33)
Data file: lib_r5_data_july_2015
Overview
Valid:
1199
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
-1
Maximum:
9
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
375
End:
377
Width:
3
Range:
-1 - 9
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
33. Which of the following statements is closest to your view? Choose Statement 1 or Statement 2.
Statement 1: It is more important to have a government that can get things done, even if we have no influence over what it does.
Statement 2: It is more important for citizens to be able to hold government accountable, even if that means it makes decisions more slowly.
Statement 1: It is more important to have a government that can get things done, even if we have no influence over what it does.
Statement 2: It is more important for citizens to be able to hold government accountable, even if that means it makes decisions more slowly.
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Missing | 5 |
0.4%
|
| 1 | Agree Very Strongly With Statement 1 | 252 |
21%
|
| 2 | Agree With Statement 1 | 206 |
17.2%
|
| 3 | Agree With Statement 2 | 291 |
24.3%
|
| 4 | Agree Very Strongly With Statement 2 | 425 |
35.4%
|
| 5 | Agree With Neither | 8 |
0.7%
|
| 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
Probe for strength of opinion: Do you agree or agree very strongly?