Afrobarometer Survey 2019, Round 8

Kenya, 2019

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KEN_2019_AFB-R8_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)

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Afrobarometer

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Apr 26, 2021

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Apr 26, 2021

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Q45. Higher taxes with more govt services vs. lower taxes with fewer govt services (Q45)

Data file: ken_r8_data_27oct20.sav

Overview

Valid: 2400

Invalid: -

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 9

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 478

End: 479

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Now let us talk about the tax system in this country.
Which of the following statements is closest to your view? Choose Statement 1 or Statement 2.
Statement 1: It is better to pay higher taxes if it means that there will be more services provided by government.
Statement 2: It is better to pay lower taxes, even if it means there will be fewer services provided by government.

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
-1	Missing	0	0%
1	Agree very strongly with 1	716	29.8%
2	Agree with 1	313	13%
3	Agree with 2	308	12.8%
4	Agree very strongly with 2	909	37.9%
5	Agree with neither	117	4.9%
8	Refused	3	0.1%
9	Don't know	34	1.4%

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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