Afrobarometer Survey 2019, Round 8

Ghana, 2019

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GHA_2019_AFB-R8_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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Afrobarometer

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Apr 28, 2021

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Apr 28, 2021

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Q29. President monitored by parliament vs. free to act on own (Q29)

Data file: gha_r8_data_27oct20.sav

Overview

Valid: 2400

Invalid: -

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 9

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 301

End: 302

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Which of the following statements is closest to your view? Choose Statement 1 or Statement 2.
Statement 1: Parliament 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	1359	56.6%
2	Agree with 1	502	20.9%
3	Agree with 2	187	7.8%
4	Agree very strongly with 2	287	12%
5	Agree with neither	36	1.5%
8	Refused	0	0%
9	Don't know	29	1.2%

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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