World Health Survey 2003, Wave 0

Ghana, 2003

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Reference ID

GHA_2003_WHS_v01_M

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World Health Organization (WHO)

Collection(s)

WHO’s Multi-Country Studies Programmes

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Oct 17, 2013

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8000 vignette 1 (setB) (q8106)

Data file: WHS-Ghana_F5

Overview

Valid: 1944

Invalid: 1994

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 2

Start: 3148

End: 3151

Width: 4

Range: 1 - 5

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

I am going to read you some brief descriptions of people and their situations. I would like you to listen to the descriptions and tell me how free these people
are to express themselves without fear of reprisal from their government.
For each vignette ask:
How free do you think [name] [is] to express [him-her]self without fear of government reprisal? Please circle one option per vignette.

Literal question

[Bob] has political views at odds with the government. He has heard of
people occasionally being arrested for speaking out against the
government, and government leaders sometimes make political speeches
condemning those who criticize. He sometimes writes letters to
newspapers about politics, but he is careful not to use his real name.

Value	Category	Cases
1	Completely free	6	0.3%
2	Very free	71	3.7%
3	Moderately free	388	20%
4	Slightly free	750	38.6%
5	Not free at all	729	37.5%
Sysmiss		1994