Afrobarometer Round 4.5: The Quality of Democracy and Governance in Zimbabwe, 2010 (ICPSR 36213)

Version Date: Mar 4, 2016

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Principal Investigator(s):
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; Eldred V. Masunungure, Mass Public Opinion Institute (Zimbabwe)

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https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR36213.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 economy, civil society, and related issues. The data are collected from a nationally representative sample 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 identity, and social capital. In addition, the Round 4.5 survey includes special modules on taxation; gender issues; crime, conflict and insecurity; globalization; social service delivery; and health. 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. This particular data collection was concerned with the attitudes and opinions of the citizens of Zimbabwe, and also includes "country-specific questions" designed specifically for the Zimbabwe survey. These topics included informal militia, the national election and reintroducing the local currency.

Citation

Gyimah-Boadi, E., Bratton, Michael, Mattes, Robert, Logan, Carolyn, Dulani, Boniface, and Masunungure, Eldred V. Afrobarometer Round 4.5: The Quality of Democracy and Governance in Zimbabwe, 2010. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2016-03-04. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR36213.v1

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Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Smallest Geographic Unit

District

Distributor(s)

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

2010

Date of Collection

2010-10-16 -- 2010-10-29

Data Collection Notes

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

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Sample

The Afrobarometer uses a clustered, stratified, multi-stage, 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. The Round 4.5 Afrobarometer for Zimbabwe conducted in 2010 had a target sample of 1200 respondents and achieved an actual sample size of 1192 respondents.

Time Method

Cross-sectional

Universe

Citizens of Zimbabwe aged 18 years or older.

Unit(s) of Observation

Individual

Data Type(s)

Mode of Data Collection

Response Rates

67.7 percent

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Original Release Date

2016-03-04

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:
  • Gyimah-Boadi, E., Michael Bratton, Robert Mattes, Carolyn Logan, Boniface Dulani, and Eldred V. Masunungure. Afrobarometer Round 4.5: The Quality of Democracy and Governance in Zimbabwe, 2010. ICPSR36213-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2016-03-04. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR36213.v1

2016-03-04 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:

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

The data are not weighted. However, this collection contains the weight variable WITHINWT, that should be used in any analysis. This weight was created to account for individual selection probabilities. Please visit the Afrobarometer Web site for more information regarding weights.

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Notes