Gsam Endline Politician Survey: January 2017

GSAM ENDLINE POLITICIAN SURVEY: JANUARY 2017

VARIABLE / QUESTION / SKIP LOGIC / RESPONSES
start / Start time of interview / Date/Time
end / End time of interview / Date/Time
today / Today's date / Date/Time
deviceid / Device uuid / Text
Section A: Basic Information and Consent
time_st / A1. Date of Survey / Date/Time
int_name / A2. Name of enumerator / SELECT ONE:
1. AboagyeAmankona
2. Abraham NiiOdoiSowah
3. Adu-Ntim Julius Kwaku
4. Alhassan Abdul – Latif
5. Angela Tudzi
6. Annan Dennis
7. AyishaMusah
8. Bayaara Enoch Tengezuyelle
9. Beauty DansoMintah
10. Bernice Adu
11. Bernice Owusu – Brown
12. BismarkOfori
13. BoakyeAcheampong
14. Christopher Sam
15. ChristophiliaAdjeiDanso
16. Damien Bontii
17. Daniel Afona
18. Daniel Kennedy Amoah
19. David TeyeZanyoh
20. Diana S. Assuman
21. Dickson OseiYeboah
22. Dorothy Quaye
23. Ebenezer Moses Obosu
24. Emmanuel Appiah
25. Emmanuel Yakas
26. Emmanuel Zigah
27. Eric Baidoo
28. EsaabaQuansah
29. GideaonGyimahAddaiPoku
30. Gloria Ago Asiamah
31. Hannah Darkwah
32. Hudu Abdul-Rafiu
33. Jacob NarhAwidi
34. James Amewudah
35. Joseph Edmund Fleischer
36. Josephine Pauline Amoako
37. Kennedy Anokye
38. Kingsley Baffoe
39. Kingsley Benson
40. Korsi A. Fiagbe
41. Linda Dziwornu
42. Manasseh Anderson
43. Moses Bimpor
44. Naomi Dede Annan
45. Okyne Agnes
46. OtuoAcheampong
47. OwurakuSimpri – Duncan
48. Priscilla Andoh
49. Ruth M. Quaye
50. Sampson Kwakwa
51. Samuel OkaeAnsah
52. Samuel Wieh
53. Seth Obeng
54. Seth Ponku
55. Seth Sylvester Dadzie
56. SethinaAnnangDanquah
57. Sheila SakiokorMasopeh
58. Stephen Adingo
59. Stephen Appiah
60. SulemanaNurudeen
61. SwalaAbubakar
62. TheophilusTweneboahKodua
63. Thomas Padi
64. Yvonne Dadson
97. Other
int_nameo / A2o. Please enter your name. / Only if int_name = 97 / Text
superv / A3. Name of supervisor / SELECT ONE:
1. Manasseh Anderson
2. SethinaDanquah
3. Bernice .O. Brown
4. Diana Assuman
5. Eric Baldoo
97. Other
supervo / A3o. Please enter the name of your supervisor. / Only if superv = 97 / Text
region / A4. Region / SELECT ONE:
1. Ashanti
2. Brong-Ahafo
3. Greater Accra
4. Central
5. Eastern
6. Northern
7. Western
8. Upper East
9. Upper West
10. Volta
upeast_district / A5_A. District in Upper East Region / Only if region = 8 / SELECT ONE:
1. Builsa North
2. KasenaNankana West
3. KasenaNankana East
4. Talensi
5. Bongo
6. Bawku West
7. GaruTempani
8. Pusiga
9. Builsa South (New)
10. Binduri (New)
upwest_district / A5_B. District in Upper West Region / Only if region = 9 / SELECT ONE:
1. Wa West
2. Wa East
3. Sissala East
4. Nadowli
5. Jirapa
6. Sissala West
7. LambussieKarni
8. Lawra
north_district / A5_C. District in Northern Region / Only if region = 6 / SELECT ONE:
1. Bole
2. Sawla Tuna Kalba
3. West Gonja
4. Central Gonja
5. East Gonja
6. Kpandai
7. Nanumba South
8. Nanumba North
9. Zabzugu
10. Tolon
11. SaveluguNanton
12. Karaga
13. Gushiegu
14. Saboba
15. Chereponi
16. BunkpuruguYonyo
17. East Mamprusi
18. West Mamprusi
19. Tatale-Sanguli
20. North Gonja
21. MamprugoMoagduri (New)
ash_district / A5_D. District in Ashanti Region / Only if region = 1 / SELECT ONE:
1. AtwimaMponua
2. Amansie West
3. Amansie Central
4. Adansi South
5. Adansi North
6. BosomeFreho
7. Asante Akim South
8. Asante Akim North
9. Bosomtwi
10. AtwimaKwanwoma
11. AtwimaNwabiagya
12. AhafoAno South
13. AhafoAno North
14. AfigyaKwabre
15. Kwabre East
16. Sekyere South
17. Sekyere East
18. Sekyere Central
19. EjuraSekyereDumasi
20. Offinso North
21. Kumawu (New)
brong_district / A5_E. District in BrongAhafo Region / Only if region = 2 / SELECT ONE:
1. Asunafo South
2. Asutifi North
3. Dormaa East
4. Tano South
5. Tano North
6. Sunyani West
7. Jaman South
8. Jaman North
9. Tain
10. Nkoranza South
11. Nkoranza North
12. Atebubu
13. Sene West
14. Pru
15. Kintampo South
16. Asutifi South (New)
17. Dormaa West (New)
18. Banda (New)
19. Techiman North (New)
20. Sene East (New)
accra_district / A5_F. District in Greater Acrra Region / Only if region = 3 / SELECT ONE:
1. Shai Osudoku
2. Ada East
3. KponeKatamanso (New)
central_district / A5_G. District in Central Region / Only if region = 4 / SELECT ONE:
1. AburaAsebuKwamankese
2. AjumankoEnyanEssiam
3. Gomoa West
4. Gomoa East
5. Awutu Senya
6. Agona East
7. AsikumaOdobenBrakwa
8. Assin South
9. TwifoHemang Lower Denkyira
10. Upper Denkyira West
11. Awutu Senya East (New)
12. TwifoAtiMorkwa
east_district / A5_H. District in Eastern Region / Only if region = 5 / SELECT ONE:
1. Birim South
2. Suhum Municipal
3. Akwapim North
4. Asuogyaman
5. Lower ManyaKrobo
6. Upper ManyaKrobo
7. Fanteakwa
8. Kwaebibirem
9. Akyimansa
10. Birim North
11. Upper West Akim
12. Atiwa
13. Kwahu South
14. Kwahu East
15. Kwahu Afram Plains North
16. Ayensuano (New)
17. Akuapim South (New)
18. Denkyembour (New)
west_district / A5_I. District in Western Region / Only if region = 7 / SELECT ONE:
1. Jomoro
2. Ellembelle
3. Ahanta West
4. Shama
5. WassaMpohor East
6. PresteaHuni Valley
7. WassaAmenfi East
8. WassaAmenfi West
9. Aowin
10. SefwiAkontombra
11. SefwiWiawso
12. SefwiBebianiAhwiasoBekwai
13. Juabeso
14. Bia West
15. Mpohor (New)
16. WassaAmenfi Central (New)
17. Suaman (new)
18. Bodi(New)
volta_district / A5_J. District in Volta Region: / Only if region = 10 / SELECT ONE:
1. South Tongu
2. Akatsi South
3. AgotimeZiope
4. South Dayi
5. Biakoye
6. Jasikan
7. Kadjebi
8. Krachi East
9. Krachi West
10. Nkwanta South
11. Nkwanta North
12. Akatsi North (New)
13. North Tongu
14. Central Tongu
15. Adaklu (New)
16. Ho West (New)
17. North Dayi (New)
18. Afadjato (New)
19. KrachiNchumuru (New)
[Read aloud] Good morning/good afternoon, my name is ______. I am a research assistant working with the University of Ghana, the U.S. Agency for International Development, and Social Impact on a study of neighborhood relations and public services across Ghana. I would like to ask you some questions to better understand your district. Your participation is entirely voluntary. If you agree to participate, our discussion will last for around 30 minutes. Please rest assured that your answers will remain confidential. This device will help me enter your answers, but I assure you that it is not recording your voice. We will not provide your name and answers to anyone. While your answers would help us understand important features of your district, but do not feel obligated to answer any question that you are not comfortable with and do not hesitate to ask me for a clarification if you think that a question is a bit difficult or unclear. If you have any questions about this study, you may contact the research manager in Ghana, Peter Quartey of the University of Ghana. His contact information is 0264522350.
consent / A6. Did the respondent consent? / SELECT ONE:
1. Yes
0. No
refuse / A7. Can you please tell me why you have chosen not to participate?
[Skip to Section M (Enumerator Questions)] / Only if consent = 0 / Text.
[Read aloud] Let's begin by recording a few facts about yourself.
jobdesc / A8. What is your current position? / SELECT ONE:
1. DCE
2. Presiding Member of the District Assembly
3. Chair of the Works Sub-committee
4. Chair of the Development Planning sub-committee
5. Chair of the District Executive Committee (if different from DCE or Presiding Member)
6. Chair of the Social Services Sub-committee
97. Other
jobdesso / A8o. If 'Other', please specify. / Only if jobdesc = 97 / Text
sex_respondent / A9. Respondent’s sex / SELECT ONE:
0. Male
1. Female
resp_age / A10. How old are you? / Numeric value
resp_age2 / A10d. Even if you do not know your exact age, please provide an estimate of your age. / Only if resp_age=888 / Numeric value
resp_resident / A11. How many years have you lived in this district? / Numeric value
resp_resident2 / A11d. Even if you do not know exactly how many years you have lived in your district, please provide an estimate of the number of years. / Only if resp_resident=888 / Numeric value
Section B: Education and Position
resp_ed / B1. What is the highest level of education you have COMPLETED? / SELECT ONE:
1. No formal schooling
2. Informal schooling only (including Koranic schooling)
3. Some basic schooling
4. Basic school completed
5. Some secondary school/high school
6. Secondary school/high school completed
7. Post-secondary qualificationsother than university e.g. a diploma or degree from a polytechnic or college
8. Some university
9. University completed
10. Post-graduate
999. Prefer not to respond
yrs_job / B2. How many years have you held your current government job title? / Numeric value
yrs_job2 / B2d. Even if you do not know exactly how many years you have held your current government job title, can you provide an estimate of the number of years? / Only if yrs_job = 888 / Numeric value
incumbent / B3. Were you newly elected in the MOST RECENT DA election? / Only if jobdesc != 1 / SELECT ONE:
1. Yes
0. No
work_prior / B4. What was the most recent job you held before beginning your current government job? If you are currently working in addition to your government job, please tell us that job instead. / SELECT ONE:
1. Private Business/Private Sector
2. Mass media
3. Farmer
4. NGO
5. Same institution
6. Another institution in the public sector
7. Political party
97. Other
work_prioro / B4o. If "Other," please specify. / Only if work_prior = 97 / Text
work_hours / B5. In a typical week, how many hours per week do you work on DISTRICT-RELATED ISSUES? / Numeric value
[Read aloud] In a TYPICAL working week, how many hours do you spend on each of the following tasks? If you spend an hour working on something that belongs to more than one of these categories, please include it in both.
time_use_district / B6a. Meeting with DISTRICT officials / Numeric value
time_use_national / B6b. Meeting with NATIONAL officials / Numeric value
time_use_employee / B6c. Meeting with employees / Numeric value
time_use_service / B6d. Providing services/responding to citizen concerns / Numeric value
time_use_groups / B6e. Working with civil society or community groups / Numeric value
time_use_admin / B6f. Administrative tasks and documentation / Numeric value
time_use_training / B6g. Training, skill-building, or workshops / Numeric value
Section C: Recruitment, Promotions, and Transfers
party / C1. Are you affiliated with a political party? / SELECT ONE:
0. No
1. Yes
888. Don't know
999. Prefer not to respond
party_which / C2. Which party? / Only if party = 1 / SELECT ONE:
1. NDC
2. NPP
97. Other
party_whicho / C2o. If 'Other', please specify. / Only party_which = 97 / Text
important_partyaffil / C3. Thinking about your electoral victory IN THE MOST RECENT DA ELECTION, how important would you say PARTY AFFILIATION was for your victory? / Only if jobdesc != 1 / SELECT ONE:
1. Very important
2. Somewhat important
3. A little bit important
4. Not at all important
888. Don't know
999. Prefer not to respond
important_wealth / C4. How important would you say YOUR PERSONAL WEALTH/MONEY was for your victory? / Only if jobdesc != 1 / SELECT ONE:
1. Very important
2. Somewhat important
3. A little bit important
4. Not at all important
888. Don't know
999. Prefer not to respond
important_community / C5. How important would you say SUPPORT OF COMMUNITY SOCIAL GROUPS was for your victory? / Only if jobdesc != 1 / SELECT ONE:
1. Very important
2. Somewhat important
3. A little bit important
4. Not at all important
888. Don't know
999. Prefer not to respond
important_connect1 / C6. How important would you say POLITICAL CONNECTIONS WITH THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT were for your victory? / Only if jobdesc != 1 / SELECT ONE:
1. Very important
2. Somewhat important
3. A little bit important
4. Not at all important
888. Don't know
999. Prefer not to respond
important_connect2 / C7. How important would you say NON-POLITICAL CONNECTIONS INCLUDING FAMILY, FRIENDS, and RELIGIOUS CONNECTIONS were for your victory? / Only if jobdesc != 1 / SELECT ONE:
1. Very important
2. Somewhat important
3. A little bit important
4. Not at all important
888. Don't know
999. Prefer not to respond
important_activism / C8. How important would you say PARTY ACTIVISM was for your victory? / Only if jobdesc != 1 / SELECT ONE:
1. Very important
2. Somewhat important
3. A little bit important
4. Not at all important
888. Don't know
999. Prefer not to respond
important_ethnic / C9. How important would you say your ETHNICITY was for your victory? / Only if jobdesc != 1 / SELECT ONE:
1. Very important
2. Somewhat important
3. A little bit important
4. Not at all important
888. Don't know
999. Prefer not to respond
important_perform / C10. How important would you say PREVIOUS PERFORMANCE AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL was for your victory? / Only if jobdesc!= 1 / SELECT ONE:
1. Very important
2. Somewhat important
3. A little bit important
4. Not at all important
888. Don't know
999. Prefer not to respond
-997. Not applicable
important_partyaffil / C3a. Thinking about your appointment, how important would you say PARTY AFFILIATION was for YOUR appointment? / Only if jobdesc = 1 / SELECT ONE:
1. Very important
2. Somewhat important
3. A little bit important
4. Not at all important
888. Don't know
999. Prefer not to respond
important_wealth / C4a. How important would you say YOUR PERSONAL MONEY/WEALTH was for YOUR appointment? / Only if jobdesc = 1 / SELECT ONE:
1. Very important
2. Somewhat important
3. A little bit important
4. Not at all important
888. Don't know
999. Prefer not to respond
important_community / C5a. How important would you say SUPPORT OF COMMUNITY SOCIAL GROUPS was for YOUR appointment? / Only if jobdesc = 1 / SELECT ONE:
1. Very important
2. Somewhat important
3. A little bit important
4. Not at all important
888. Don't know
999. Prefer not to respond
important_connect1 / C6a. How important would you say POLITICAL CONNECTIONS WITH THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT were for YOUR appointment? / Only if jobdesc = 1 / SELECT ONE:
1. Very important
2. Somewhat important
3. A little bit important
4. Not at all important
888. Don't know
999. Prefer not to respond
important_connect2 / C7a. How important would you say NON-POLITICAL CONNECTIONS INCLUDING FAMILY, FRIENDS, and RELIGIOUS CONNECTIONS were for YOUR appointment? / Only if jobdesc = 1 / SELECT ONE:
1. Very important
2. Somewhat important
3. A little bit important
4. Not at all important
888. Don't know
999. Prefer not to respond
important_activism / C8a. How important would you say PARTY ACTIVISM was for YOUR appointment? / Only if jobdesc = 1 / SELECT ONE:
1. Very important
2. Somewhat important
3. A little bit important
4. Not at all important
888. Don't know
999. Prefer not to respond
important_ethnic / C9a. How important would you say your ETHNICITY was for YOUR appointment? / Only if jobdesc = 1 / SELECT ONE:
1. Very important
2. Somewhat important
3. A little bit important
4. Not at all important
888. Don't know
999. Prefer not to respond
important_perform / C10a. How important would you say PREVIOUS PERFORMANCE AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL was for YOUR appointment? / Only if jobdesc = 1 / SELECT ONE:
1. Very important
2. Somewhat important
3. A little bit important
4. Not at all important
888. Don't know
999. Prefer not to respond
-997. Not applicable
[Read aloud]: Within a DA, different people are elected for different reasons. We are interested in learning about these general trends. Please think about the the MOST RECENT DA ELECTION.
pol_success / C11. Of those representatives elected in the MOST RECENT district election, what would you say were the particularly IMPORTANT factors that determined THEIR electoral success? / SELECT ONE:
1. Party affiliation
2. Political connections
3. Grassroots mobilization
4. Personal wealth
5. Ideas for improving district
6. Tribe/ethnicity
7. Support of Chiefs
8. Support of the DCE
9. Spending money on voters during the campaign
97. Other(s)
888. Don't know
999. Prefer not to respond
pol_successo / C11o. If "Others," please specify. / Only if pol_success = 97 / Text
pol_success_most / C12. And if you had to say, which would you say was the SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR that contributed to their electoral SUCCESS? / SELECT ONE:
1. Party affiliation
2. Political connections
3. Grassroots mobilization
4. Personal wealth
5. Ideas for improving district
6. Tribe/ethnicity
7. Support of Chiefs
8. Support of the DCE
9. Spending money on voters during the campaign
97. Other
888. Don't know
999. Prefer not to respond
pol_success_mosto / C12o. If "Other," please specify. / Only if pol_success_most = 97 / Text
[Read aloud] Please tell me how strongly you agree or disagree with the following statements.
devwins / C13. District politicians win votes by starting development projects in an area, even if the projects do not get completed. / SELECT ONE:
1. Strongly agree
2. Agree
3. Neutral
4. Disagree
5. Strongly disagree
888. Don't know
999. Prefer not to respond
positionswins / C14. To be professionally successful, elected officials need to be more responsive to PARTY POSITIONS than CITIZEN OPINIONS. / SELECT ONE:
1. Strongly agree
2. Agree
3. Neutral
4. Disagree
5. Strongly disagree
888. Don't know
999. Prefer not to respond
[Read aloud] Now I will read you a list of factors that might cause district representatives to LOSE reelection. I will then ask which factor has the greatest influence on LOSING re-election, then which factor has the SECOND greatest influence on LOSING re-election. The list is: lack of responsiveness to citizens, unethical behavior, perceived corruption, insubordination within the party, party loses popularity, opposition from DCE, opposition from Chiefs, influence of the national governing party, other factors.
losing_infl1 / C15. Which has the GREATEST influence on district representatives LOSING re-election? / SELECT ONE:
1. Lack of responsiveness to citizens
2. Unethical behavior
3. Perceived corruption
4. Insubordination within the party
5. Party loses popularity
6. Opposition from DCE
7. Opposition from Chiefs
8. Influence of national governing party
97. Other
losing_infl1o / C15o. If "Other," please specify. / Only if losing_infl1 = 97 / Text
losing_infl2 / C16. Which has the SECOND GREATEST influence on district representatives LOSING re-election? / SELECT ONE:
1. Lack of responsiveness to citizens
2. Unethical behavior
3. Perceived corruption
4. Insubordination within the party
5. Party loses popularity
6. Opposition from DCE
7. Opposition from Chiefs
8. Influence of national governing party
97. Other
losing_infl2o / C16o. If "Other," please specify. / Only if losing_infl2 = 97 / Text
Section D: Capital/Development Projects
Read aloud: Now we would like to ask you about this PAST YEAR'S budget, in other words, the current ANNUAL ACTION PLAN.
budget_most_inflb1 / D1. If you had to choose, who do you think was the MOST influential actor in producing the budget? / SELECT ONE:
1. DCE
2. District Planning Officer/Development Planning Coordinating Council
3. District Tender Board
4. District Coordinating Director
5. District Finance Officer
6. District Budget Officer
7. Finance Subcommittee
8. District Planning Coordinating Unit
9. Presiding member of the DA
10. Physical Planning/Works Department
11. Town/Area Councils
12. Social Services Subcommittee
13. Works Subcommittee
14. Health Department
15. Education Department
16. Social Welfare and Community Development Department
17. Ministry of Local Government
18. National Development Planning Commission
97. Other
888. Don't know
999. Prefer not to respond
budget_most_infl1o / D1o. If 'Other', please specify. / Only if budget_most_inflb1 = 97 / Text
budget_most_inflb2 / D2. If you had to choose, who do you think was the SECOND MOST influential actor in producing the budget? / Only if budget_most_inflb1 != 999 or 888 / SELECT ONE:
1. DCE
2. District Planning Officer/Development Planning Coordinating Council
3. District Tender Board
4. District Coordinating Director
5. District Finance Officer
6. District Budget Officer
7. Finance Subcommittee
8. District Planning Coordinating Unit
9. Presiding member of the DA
10. Physical Planning/Works Department
11. Town/Area Councils
12. Social Services Subcommittee
13. Works Subcommittee
14. Health Department
15. Education Department