Frequency distribution (%)
People are like children, the government should take care of them like a parent50
Government is like an employee, the people should be the bosses who control the government39
Agree with neither6
DK4
RA1

GOVTROL: Government as a parent VS Government as an employee

Question text: Please tell me which of the following statements you agree with? Statement 1: People are like children, the government should take care of them like a parent. Statement 2: Government is like an employee, the people should be the bosses who control the government

Note: The question was recoded. Original options are as follows: 1. People are like children, the government should take care of them like a parent - Strongly agree 2. People are like children, the government should take care of them like a parent - Agree 3. Government is like an employee, the people should be the bosses who control the government - Agree 4. Government is like an employee, the people should be the bosses who control the government - Strongly agree 5. Agree with neither. Options 1 and 2 were grouped to 'People are like children, the government should take care of them like a parent', 3 and 4 to 'Government is like an employee, the people should be the bosses who control the government'.

Values:
  • People are like children, the government should take care of them like a parent
  • Government is like an employee, the people should be the bosses who control the government
  • Agree with neither
  • DK
  • RA

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