Afrobarometer Survey 2019, Round 8

Kenya, 2019

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KEN_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 26, 2021

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Q30. President free to act vs. obey the laws and courts (Q30)

Data file: ken_r8_data_27oct20.sav

Overview

Valid: 2400

Invalid: -

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 9

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 356

End: 357

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: Since the president was elected to lead the country, he should not be bound by laws or court decisions that he thinks are wrong.
Statement 2: 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 1	209	8.7%
2	Agree with 1	174	7.3%
3	Agree with 2	367	15.3%
4	Agree very strongly with 2	1607	67%
5	Agree with neither	23	1%
8	Refused	1	0%
9	Don't know	19	0.8%

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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