Representation of Peoples Amendment Bill

Public Responses and attitude to Bill – ACCRA (November 2005)

 

Total Surveys : 614 of 922Report Date : 11/21/2005

Sex

1 male 479 78.01%

2 female 135 21.99%

Age Group

1 above 60 17 2.77%

2 45-59 40 6.51%

3 35-44 69 11.24%

4 18-34 488 79.48%

Which political party do you support?

1 NDC 105 17.1%

2 CPP 22 3.58%

3 GCPP 11 1.79%

4 NPP 185 30.13%

5 Reform 4 0.65%

6 Other 22 3.58%

7 None 265 43.16%

Summary Report

Demographic Profile of Respondents

Sex Distribution of Respondents

Age Distribution of Respondents

Political Party Support of Respondents

Sex-disaggregation of Respondents

Age Group PLOTTED AGAINST Sex of Respondents

Which political party do you support? PLOTTED AGAINST Sex of Respondents

Summary Responses

General Summaries

Do you know what ROPAB seeks to achieve?

To what extent do you understand the IMPLICATIONS of ROPAB?

Do you think the ROPAB should be passed by Parliament as it is?

To what extent do you think the ROPAB has been politicized?

Cross Tabulation of Questions with Sex of Respondents

Do you know what ROPAB seeks to achieve? PLOTTED AGAINST Sex of Respondents

To what extent do you understand the IMPLICATIONS of ROPAB? PLOTTED AGAINST

Sex of Respondents

Do you think the ROPAB should be passed by Parliament as it is? PLOTTED AGAINST Sex of

Respondents

To what extent do you think the ROPAB has been politicized? PLOTTED AGAINST Sex of

Respondents

Cross Tabulation of Questions with Age Group of Respondents

Do you know what ROPAB seeks to achieve? PLOTTED AGAINST Age Group of

Respondents

To what extent do you understand the IMPLICATIONS of ROPAB? PLOTTED AGAINST

Age Group of Respondents

Do you think the ROPAB should be passed by Parliament as it is? PLOTTED AGAINST Age

Group of Respondents

To what extent do you think the ROPAB has been politicized? PLOTTED AGAINST Age

Group of Respondents

Cross Tabulation of Questions with Political Party Support of

Respondents

Do you know what ROPAB seeks to achieve? PLOTTED AGAINST Which political party do

you support?

To what extent do you understand the IMPLICATIONS of ROPAB? PLOTTED AGAINST

Which political party do you support?

Do you think the ROPAB should be passed by Parliament as it is? PLOTTED AGAINST Which

political party do you support?

To what extent do you think the ROPAB has been politicized? PLOTTED AGAINST Which

political party do you support?

Selected Cross Tabulation of some Questions

Do you think the ROPAB should be passed by Parliament as it is? PLOTTED AGAINST To what extent

do you think the ROPAB has been politicized?

Some Explanations of the Previous Slide

• 66% of respondents who said the ROPAB had been EXTREMELY POLITICIZED were of the opinion that the Bill shouldn’t be passed as it is;

• 64% of respondents who said the ROPAB had been VERY MUCH POLITICIZED were also of the opinion that the Bill shouldn’t be passed as it is;

• 58% of respondents who said the ROPAB had not been politicized were of the opinion that the Bill shouldn’t be passed as it is;

• 52% of respondents who said the ROPAB had not been politicized AT ALL were of the opinion that the Bill shouldn’t be passed as it is

To what extent do you understand the IMPLICATIONS of ROPAB? PLOTTED AGAINST To what extent do you

think the ROPAB has been politicized?

Some Explanations of the Previous Slide

• 57% of respondents who said they did not AT ALL understand the Implications of the ROPAB were also NOT SURE whether the ROPAB had been Politicized;

• 44% of respondents who said they understood the implications of the ROPAB VERY WELL were also of the opinion that the ROPAB had been VERY MUCH politicized;

• 33% of respondents who said they understood the implications EXTREMELY WELL were also of the opinion that ROPAB has been EXTREMELY politicized;