Africa - Afrobarometer Survey 1 1999-2000, Merged 7 Country

AFR
Reference ID afr-afr7-1999-2000-v1
Year 1999 - 2000
Country Africa
Producer(s) Institute for Democracy in South Africa (IDASA)
Michigan State University (MSU)
Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana)
Sponsor(s) African Development Bank - ADB - Funder
Michigan State University - MSU - Funder
US National Science Foundation - USNSF - Funder
The Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs - NMFA - Funder
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation
Collection(s)
Afrobarometer
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Overview
Identification
Country
Africa
Title
Afrobarometer Survey 1 1999-2000

Subtitle
Merged 7 Country

Study Type
Public Opinion Survey
Recommended Citation
Afrobarometer Project. Afrobarometer 1, 1999-2000 [dataset]. Version 1. International: Afrobarometer [producer], 2001. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2010. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/kajh-dn43

ID Number
afr-afr7-1999-2000-v1
Version
Version Description
v1: Edited, anonymised dataset for public distribution

Production Date
2001
Overview
Abstract
The Afrobarometer is a comparative series of public attitude surveys that assess African citizen's attitudes to democracy and governance, markets, and civil society, among other topics. The surveys have been undertaken at periodic intervals since 1999. The Afrobarometer's coverage has increased over time. Round 1 (1999-2000) initially surveyed 7 African countries with an identical questionnaire. The 7 country dataset is a subset of the Round 1 survey dataset, and consists of a combined dataset for the for the following countries:

Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Round 1 was later extended to include 12 countries (1999-2001). Round 2 (2002-2004) surveyed citizens in 16 countries. Round 3 (2005-2006) 18 countries, and Round 4 (2008) 20 countries. The survey covered 34 countries in Round 5 (2011-2013) and 36 countries in Round 6 (2014-2015). Round 6 (2014-2015) covers 34 countries and Round 7 (2016-2018) coveres 36 countries.

Kind of Data
Sample survey data

Units of Analysis
Households and individuals

Scope
Notes
Each Afrobarometer survey collects data about individual attitudes and behavior, including innovative indicators especially relevant to developing societies. This includes the following topics:

• Democracy - Popular understanding of, support for, and satisfaction with democracy, as well as any desire to return to, or experiment with, authoritarian alternatives.

• Governance - The demand for, and satisfaction with, effective, accountable and clean government; judgments of overall governance perfomance and social service delivery.

• Livelihoods - How do African families survive? What variety of formal and informal means do they use to gain access to food, shelter, water, health, employment and money?

• Macro-economics and markets - Citizen understandings of market principles and market reforms and their assessments of economic conditions and government performance at economic management.

• Social capital - Whom do people trust? To what extent do they rely on informal networks and associations? What are their evaluations of the trustworthiness of various institutions?

• Conflict and crime - How safe do people feel? What has been their experience with crime and violence?

• Participation - The extent to which ordinary people join in development efforts, comply with the laws of the land, vote in elections, contact elected representatives, and engage in protest. The quality of electoral representation.

• National identity - How do people see themselves in relation to ethnic and class identities? Does a shared sense of national identity exist?

Coverage
Geographic Coverage
The survey covers the following 7 African countries: Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Geographic Unit
The lowest level of geographic aggregation covered by the data is suburb.

Universe
The sample universe for Afrobarometer surveys includes all citizens of voting age within the country. In other words, we exclude anyone who is not a citizen and anyone who has not attained this age (usually 18 years) on the day of the survey. Also excluded are areas determined to be either inaccessible or not relevant to the study, such as those experiencing armed conflict or natural disasters, as well as national parks and game reserves. As a matter of practice, we have also excluded people living in institutionalized settings, such as students in dormitories and persons in prisons or nursing homes.

Producers and Sponsors
Primary Investigator(s)
NameAffiliation
Institute for Democracy in South Africa (IDASA)
Michigan State University (MSU)
Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana)
Funding
NameAbbreviationRole
African Development Bank ADBFunder
Michigan State University MSUFunder
US National Science Foundation USNSFFunder
The Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs NMFAFunder
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation NORADFunder
Metadata Production
Metadata Produced By
NameAbbreviationAffiliationRole
DataFirstUniversity of Cape TownMetadata producer
Date of Metadata Production
2020-07-20
DDI Document Version
Version 3

DDI Document ID
ddi-afr-afr7-1999-2000-v1.2

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