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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Afrobarometer

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Apr 28, 2021

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Q80c-GHA-PT2. Second most important reason to not using the formal justice delivery system in Ghana (Q80C_GHA_PT2)

Data file: gha_r8_data_27oct20.sav

Overview

Valid: 2400

Invalid: -

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 9998

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1133

End: 1136

Width: 4

Range: 1 - 9998

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?
- 2nd response

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
-1	Missing	0	0%
1	Costs of using formal justice system too expensive	313	13%
2	Formal justice system procedures too complex and technical to understand	166	6.9%
3	Formal justice system proceedings take a long time before judgement is given	285	11.9%
4	Sectors within the formal justice system are located in areas far from where they are needed most	76	3.2%
5	Formal justice system service providers are not available in most parts of the country	61	2.5%
6	Absence of legal aid services or free legal help for people like me who cannot afford the cost	81	3.4%
7	The formal justice system favors the rich and powerful against the poor	298	12.4%
8	Officials in the formal justice system will demand money or favor before rendering needed service	120	5%
9995	Other responses	30	1.3%
9996	No further reply	966	40.3%
9998	Refused	4	0.2%

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.

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