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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Q24. President free to act vs. obey the laws and courts (Q24)

Data file: nig_r3.5_data.sav

Overview

Valid: 2410

Invalid: -

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 9

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 229

End: 231

Width: 3

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Which of the following statements is closest to your view? Choose Statement A or Statement B.
A: Since the President was elected to lead the country, he should not be bound by laws or court decisions that he thinks are wrong.
B: The President must always obey the laws and the courts, even if he thinks they are wrong.

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
-1	Missing	0	0%
1	Agree very strongly with A	187	7.8%
2	Agree with A	395	16.4%
3	Agree with B	922	38.3%
4	Agree very strongly with B	737	30.6%
5	Agree with neither	110	4.6%
9	Don't know	59	2.4%
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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