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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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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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