Ghanaian Public Opinion on the Middle East Conflict in Lebanon and the Palestinian Territories, 2006

Principal Investigator(s): Sharif, Idris, University of Cape Coast, Ghana

Summary: This survey, conducted August 21 to December 5, 2006, was used to gather public opinion in Ghana on issues such as Israel's military response to the capture of three Israeli soldiers in July 2006, Hezbollah's, Hamas', and Iran's in the ensuing conflict, and the United States' reaction to the Middle East crisis. Respondents were asked to give their opinion as to whether Hamas and Hezbollah were political or terrorist organizations. They also gave their opinions as ... (more info)

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Ghanaian Public Opinion on the Middle East Conflict in Lebanon and the Palestinian Territories, 2006, Dataset 0001

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Sharif, Idris. GHANAIAN PUBLIC OPINION ON THE MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT IN LEBANON AND THE PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES, 2006. ICPSR04653-v1. Cape Coast, Ghana: Idris Sharif, University of Cape Coast, Department of Sociology [producer], 2006. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2007-04-13. doi:10.3886/ICPSR04653.v1

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04653.v1

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Summary: This survey, conducted August 21 to December 5, 2006, was used to gather public opinion in Ghana on issues such as Israel's military response to the capture of three Israeli soldiers in July 2006, Hezbollah's, Hamas', and Iran's in the ensuing conflict, and the United States' reaction to the Middle East crisis. Respondents were asked to give their opinion as to whether Hamas and Hezbollah were political or terrorist organizations. They also gave their opinions as to whether various countries' military actions were justified and who they thought was responsible for various military actions. Respondents were asked if they thought Hezbollah and Israel were fighting a proxy war for other countries. They were also asked if they thought the United States, other Western countries, and Israel were indifferent to the loss of life in Lebanon, the Gaza Strip, and the West Bank. Another set of questions dealt with bringing peace to the Middle East. Respondents were asked if they thought diplomatic efforts were being prolonged in hopes that Israel could achieve its battlefield objective of defeating Hezbollah. They were also asked if they thought Syria, Lebanon, the Palestinians, and Israel could reconcile themselves to a peaceful existence. Demographic variables include sex, age, marital status, nationality, religion, education level, and political ideology.

Subject Terms: assassinations, conflict, defense (military), foreign policy, Israeli Palestinian conflict, Middle East, organizations, Palestinian Authority, peace, public opinion, terrorism, violence, war

Geographic Coverage: Ghana, Global

Time Period:

2006

Date of Collection:

2006-08-21--2006-12-05

Unit of Observation: individual

Universe: Persons aged 18 and over in the Upper West, Greater Accra and Cape Coast regions of Ghana.

Data Types: survey data

Sample: This study used a nonrandom convenient sampling technique. This technique was employed because attempts to conduct a random/probability sampling technique in Ghana were difficult due to 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 convenience sampling, allowing the researcher to use his or her judgment when selecting cases that were both difficult and informative regarding the specific content under investigation.

Mode of Data Collection: self-enumerated questionnaire

Response Rates: There was a response rate of 91 percent.

Extent of Processing: ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection: