International Stability, What Ghanaians are thinking 2006

Ghana, , 2006

University of Cape Coast, Ghana

Identification

IDNO

zaf-ucc-isg-2006-v1

Title

International Stability, What Ghanaians are thinking 2006

Subtitle

What Ghanaians are thinking 2006

Country

Name	Country code
Ghana	gha

Study type

Public Opinion Survey [ind/pos]

Abstract

This survey, conducted February 2 to May 2, 2006, recorded public opinion in Ghana on issues such as the global threat of terrorism, the United States foreign policy, and questions pertaining to the Middle East and Africa.

Kind of Data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Unit of Analysis

Units of analysis in the survey are individuals

Version

Version Description

v1: Edited, anonymised data for licensed distribution

Version Date

2006

Scope

Notes

Respondents were asked to give their opinion on which two countries they thought were the greatest threats to international stability. Many questions focused on the Unites States' involvement in the war on terrorism. Those surveyed were also queried on whether they thought if they agreed that United States' troops should be brought in to reduce ethnic violence in Africa and the Middle East if attempts were unsuccessful by the United Nations. They were also asked to state if they thought the United States should fight terrorism even if no other country supported them. The issue of the United States' use of torture centers in foreign countries as part of its strategy on terrorism was also asked. Respondents were queried if they thought that the United States' involvement in Iraq has left it better or worse and if the overthrow of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was worth it. Some questions dealt with Islam and its relationship to modernity and democracy. Respondents were asked if they thought George W. Bush's administration had a policy of democratizing the region of the Muslim world and whether the democratization of that region of the Muslim world will increase or decrease violent aggression against western interests. Background data was collected on sex, age, marital status, nationality, religion, education level, employment status, and political ideology.

Topics: Bush Administration (George W., 2001-), culture change, democracy, foreign policy, Hussein, Saddam, Iraq War, Islam, Israeli Palestinian conflict, Middle East, public opinion, terrorism, violence

Topics

Topic	Vocabulary	URI
mass political behaviour, attitudes/opinion [4.6]	CESSDA	http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common

Coverage

Geographic Coverage

The Upper West, Greater Accra and Cape coast regions of Ghana.

Geographic Unit

The data is at country level only

Universe

Persons aged 18 and over in the surveyed areas

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators

Name
University of Cape Coast, Ghana

Sampling

Sampling Procedure

A nonprobability purposive sampling strategy was used for this study. Attempts to conduct a random/probability sampling technique in Ghana were difficult because of the dilemma of obtaining a complete sampling list of the population, whereby everyone in the population would have an equal or known chance of being included in the sample. Given this sampling limitation, the study used purposive sampling, allowing the researcher to use his judgment when selecting cases that were both difficult and informative regarding the specific content under investigation.

Data Collection

Dates of Data Collection

Start	End
2006-02-02	2006-05-02

Data Collection Mode

Face-to-face [f2f]

Access policy

Access authority

Name	Affiliation	URL
Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research	University of Michigan	http://www.icpsr.umich.edu

Contacts

Name	Affiliation	Email	URL
DataFirst Helpdesk	University of Cape Town	support@data1st.org	http://support.data1st.org/

Access conditions

Licensed dataset, accessible under conditions

Citation requirements

Sharif, Idris. International Stability: What Ghanaians are thinking, 2006 [dataset]. Version 1. Cape Coast, Ghana: University of Cape Coast, Department of Sociology [producer], 2006. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2007.

Metadata production

DDI Document ID

ddi-zaf-datafirst-isg-year-v1.1

Producers

Name	Affiliation	Role
DataFirst	University of Cape Town	Metadata Producer

Date of Metadata Production

2012-11-01

DDI Document version

Version 1.1