Afrobarometer Survey 1999, Round 1

Ghana, 1999

Reference ID

GHA_1999_AFB-R1_v01_M

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

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President change Constitution? (Q25)

Data file: gha_r1_data.sav

Overview

Valid: 2003

Invalid: 1

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 4

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 98

End: 98

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 4

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

25.
A. The President of Ghana should be able to change the Constitution whenever he chooses.
B. In Ghana, even the President should obey the Constitution.

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	A, strongly	151	7.5%
2	A, somewhat	101	5%
3	B, somewhat	202	10.1%
4	B, strongly	1549	77.3%
Sysmiss		1

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, “I am now going to give you several pairs of statements. Please tell me which one you agree with most. Choose Statement A or Statement B.” Then, the enumerator probed, “Do you agree strongly or just somewhat?”

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