Afrobarometer Survey 2007, Round 3.5

Nigeria, 2007

Reference ID

NGA_2007_AFB-R3.5_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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Q54. Politicians to form their private securities vs. use public security forces (Q54)

Data file: nig_r3.5_data.sav

Overview

Valid: 2410

Invalid: -

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 9

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 580

End: 582

Width: 3

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

53. Which of the following statements is closest to your view? Choose Statement A or Statement B.
A. Politicians and political parties in Nigeria should be allowed to form their own private security forces.
B. The public security forces – like the army and the police - should be the only armed groups allowed in Nigeria.

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
-1	Missing	0	0%
1	Agree very strongly with A	134	5.6%
2	Agree with A	285	11.8%
3	Agree with B	960	39.8%
4	Agree very strongly with B	926	38.4%
5	Agree with neither	61	2.5%
9	Don't know	44	1.8%
998	Refused	0	0%

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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