Afrobarometer Round 5: The Quality of Democracy and Governance in Uganda, 2012 (ICPSR 35567)

Version Date: Sep 8, 2015

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Principal Investigator(s):
Frederick Golooba-Mutebi, Hatchile Consult Ltd; E. Gyimah-Boadi, Ghana Center for Democratic Development; Michael Bratton, Michigan State University; Robert Mattes, Institute for Democracy in South Africa; Carolyn Logan, Michigan State University; Boniface Dulani, University of Malawi

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https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR35567.v1

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Summary

The Afrobarometer is a comparative series of public attitude surveys that collects and disseminates data regarding Africans' views on democracy, governance, the economic, civil society, and related issues. The data is collected from nationally representative samples in face-to-face interviews in the language of the respondent's choice. Standard topics for the Afrobarometer include attitudes toward and evaluations of democracy, governance and economic conditions, political participation, national identify, and social capital. In addition, Round 5 surveys included special modules on taxation; gender issues; crime, conflict and insecurity; globalization; and social service delivery. The surveys also collect a large set of socio-demographic indicators such as age, gender, education level, poverty level, language and ethnicity, and religious affiliation, as well as political party affiliation. Afrobarometer Round 5 surveys were implemented in 35 countries. This particular data collection was concerned with the attitudes and opinions of the citizens of Uganda, and also includes a number of "country-specific questions" designed specifically for the Uganda survey.

Citation

Golooba-Mutebi, Frederick, Gyimah-Boadi, E., Bratton, Michael, Mattes, Robert, Logan, Carolyn, and Dulani, Boniface. Afrobarometer Round 5: The Quality of Democracy and Governance in Uganda, 2012. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2015-09-08. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR35567.v1

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Funding

Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, Department for International Development (United Kingdom), Mo Ibrahim Foundation, World Bank, United States Agency for International Development

Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Smallest Geographic Unit

Census Enumeration Area

Distributor(s)

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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Time Period(s)

2011-12-02 -- 2012-02-27

Date of Collection

2011-12-02 -- 2012-02-27

Data Collection Notes

  1. Additional information about the Afrobarometer Survey can be found at the Afrobarometer Web site.

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Study Purpose

To gauge, analyze, and compare the social, political, and economic atmospheres in African countries.

Sample

The Afrobarometer uses a clustered, stratified, multi-stage, area probability sample design. The sample is designed as a representative cross-section of all citizens of voting age in a given country. The goal is to give every adult citizen an equal and known chance of selection for interview. This objective is reached by (a) strictly applying random selection methods at every stage of sampling and by (b) applying sampling with probability proportionate to population size wherever possible. A randomly selected sample of 1,200 cases allows inferences to national adult populations with a margin of sampling error of no more than plus or minus 3 percent with a confidence level of 95 percent. If the sample size is increased to 2,400, the confidence interval shrinks to plus or minus 2 percent.

Time Method

Cross-sectional

Universe

Citizens of Uganda aged 18 years or older.

Unit(s) of Observation

Individual

Data Type(s)

Mode of Data Collection

Response Rates

86.5 Percent

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Original Release Date

2015-09-08

Version History

2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:
  • Golooba-Mutebi, Frederick, E. Gyimah-Boadi, Michael Bratton, Robert Mattes, Carolyn Logan, and Boniface Dulani. Afrobarometer Round 5: The Quality of Democracy and Governance in Uganda, 2012. ICPSR35567-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2015-09-08. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR35567.v1

2015-09-08 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:

  • Performed consistency checks.
  • Created online analysis version with question text.
  • Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.
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Weight

Cases are weighted to account for individual selection probabilities. There is one weight variable, WITHINWT, included as the last variable in the data set, which should be used when calculating national-level statistics.

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Notes