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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Apr 28, 2021

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Q80c-GHA-PT1. Most important reason to not using the formal justice delivery system in Ghana (Q80C_GHA_PT1)

Data file: gha_r8_data_27oct20.sav

Overview

Valid: 2400

Invalid: -

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 9999

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 980

End: 983

Width: 4

Range: 1 - 9999

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

80C-GHA. What three most important reasons would prevent you or any Ghanaian like you from using the formal justice delivery system in Ghana?
- 1st response

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
-1	Missing	0	0%
1	Costs of using formal justice system too expensive	740	30.8%
2	Formal justice system procedures too complex and technical to understand	137	5.7%
3	Formal justice system proceedings take a long time before judgement is given	253	10.5%
4	Sectors within the formal justice system are located in areas far from where they are needed most	45	1.9%
5	Formal justice system service providers are not available in most parts of the country	32	1.3%
6	Absence of legal aid services or free legal help for people like me who cannot afford the cost	54	2.3%
7	The formal justice system favors the rich and powerful against the poor	224	9.3%
8	Officials in the formal justice system will demand money or favor before rendering needed service	91	3.8%
9995	Other responses	193	8%
9998	Refused	31	1.3%
9999	Don’t know	600	25%

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

Do not read out options. Code from responses given by respondent

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