Afrobarometer Survey 2017, Round 7

Nigeria, 2017

Reference ID

NGA_2017_AFB-R7_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)

Collection(s)

Afrobarometer Fragility, Conflict and Violence

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Apr 26, 2021

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Apr 26, 2021

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Q32. President monitored by parliament vs. free to act on own (Q32)

Data file: nig_r7_data.sav

Overview

Valid: 1600

Invalid: -

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 9

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 282

End: 283

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

32. Which of the following statements is closest to your view? Choose Statement 1 or Statement 2
Statement 1: The National Assembly should ensure that the President explains to it on a regular basis how his government spends taxpayers’ money.
Statement 2: The President should be able to devote his full attention to developing the country rather than wasting time justifying his actions.

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
-1	Missing	0	0%
1	Agree very strongly with 1	603	37.7%
2	Agree with 1	234	14.6%
3	Agree with 2	226	14.1%
4	Agree very strongly with 2	522	32.6%
5	Agree with neither	10	0.6%
8	Refused	1	0.1%
9	Don't know	4	0.3%

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.

Interviewer instructions

Interviewer: Probe for strength of opinion: Do you agree or agree very strongly?

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