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OPINION POLL REPORT 
Monday, April 15, 2002 

Who wants extra time for law review?

When asked 'Should the Ghai commission be given more time?', 56.3 per cent said Yes, while 42.4 per cent said No.

Of those who said Yes, most, at 62.8 per cent were in Coast Province. Province by province, the Yes voters were: Western (61.8 per cent), Eastern (61.1), Rift Valley (57.9), Nyanza (57.1), Central (47.1), Nairobi (46.9), and North Eastern (46.2).

Of these, 56.9 per cent were women and 55.8 per cent were men. 

Most of them - of either sex - were in the 18-20 age group (63 per cent), followed by the 21-30s (56.7), 41-50 (56.6), 31-40 (54.3), then 51 and above (51.8). 

A breakdown of the education levels of these respondents showed that the largest group, 59.3 per cent, had received primary education, with 55.9 per cent going to secondary school and 54.8 per cent reaching university. However, 53.5 per cent had received no formal education at all.

Of the 42.4 per cent who did not want extra time for the commission, the most - 53.1 per cent - were in Nairobi. Next came North Eastern (49.2 per cent), followed by Central (48.8), Nyanza (42), Rift Valley (41.2), Eastern (38.3), Western (38.2), and Coast (36).

A slight majority of the No voters was male, at 43.7 per cent, with women making up 40.9 per cent of those against.

By age grouping, the eldest - 51 and above - were most against, followed by the 31-40-year-olds (45.2 per cent), then those in the 21-30 range (42.1 per cent), 41-50 (41 per cent), and 18-20 (35.9 per cent).

Educationally, most of those against had been to university (44.4 per cent), followed by those who had secondary education (43.8), then those with no formal education (40.9) and those who had been as far as primary school (38.5).

Conclusion: A person most in favour of an extension was likely to be a young woman from the Coast - aged 18-20, whose formal education ended at primary school. A typical No voter would be a male university graduate from Nairobi, aged 51 or over.


 
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