Afrobarometer Survey 2001, Round 1.5

Nigeria, 2001

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NGA_2001_AFB-R1.5_v01_M

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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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Q78 Sharia or one legal system? (q78)

Data file: nig_r1-5_data.sav

Overview

Valid: 2210

Invalid: -

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 9

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 315

End: 315

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Once again, please tell me which of the following statements is closest to your view. Choose Statement A or Statement B.
A: It is acceptable for different parts of the country to have different legal systems, including sharia law.
B: Nigeria is a secular state; it should have one, non-religious legal system that applies to all people.

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Agree very strongly with A	340	15.4%
2	Agree with A	297	13.4%
3	Agree with B	541	24.5%
4	Agree very stongly with B	937	42.4%
5	Agree with neither	67	3%
9	Don't know	28	1.3%

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.

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