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Afrobarometer Survey 2018, Round 7

Tunisia, 2018
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Reference ID
TUN_2018_AFB-R7_v01_M
Producer(s)
Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD), Institute for Justice and Reconciliation in South Africa (IJR), Institute for Empirical Research in Political Economy (IREEP), Institute for Development Studies (IDS), Michigan State University (MSU), University of Cape Town (UCT, South Africa)
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Afrobarometer
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Apr 26, 2021
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Identification

Survey ID Number
TUN_2018_AFB-R7_v01_M
Title
Afrobarometer Survey 2018, Round 7
Subtitle
Round 7
Country/Economy
Name Country code
Tunisia TUN
Study type
Other Household Survey [hh/oth]
Series Information
Afrobarometer collects and disseminates information regarding Africans’ views on democracy, governance, economic reform, civil society, and quality of life. Round 1 surveys were conducted between 1999 and 2001. At that time, the project covered seven countries in Southern Africa (Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe), three countries in West Africa (Ghana, Nigeria and Mali) and two in East Africa (Uganda and Tanzania). Round 2 surveys were completed by November 2003 with four new countries added: Kenya, Senegal, Cape Verde and Mozambique. Round 3 surveys were conducted from March 2005 to February 2006 in the same countries, plus Benin and Madagascar. Round 4 surveys were conducted during 2008 and 2009 in 20 countries, reflecting the addition of Burkina Faso and Liberia. The fifth Round of surveys were done between October 2011 and June 2013. In the Round 5 surveys, the project covered an additional 15 countries in different regions of the continent. Among the new R5 countries were Mauritius and Swaziland in Southern Africa; Burundi and Ethiopia in East Africa; Cameroon, Niger, Cote D’Ivoire, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Togo in West Africa. Afrobarometer also worked with the Arab Barometer and implemented R5 surveys in Algeria, Egypt, Morocco Sudan and Tunisia. Additional Round 5.5 surveys were also conducted in Mali and Zimbabwe. In Round 6, surveys were done 36 countries. Two countries that were covered in Round 5, Ethiopia and Egypt, were not included due to operational constraints. In their place, the Network added Gabon and Sao Tome and Principe. The survey covered 34 African countries covered in Round 7 (2016-2018). Here are the list of countries covered in Round 7: Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cote d'Ivoire, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
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 (1999-2001) initially covered 7 countries and was later extended to 12 countries. Round 2 (2002-2004) surveyed citizens in 16 countries. Round 3 (2005-2006) 18 countries, Round 4 (2008) 20 countries, Round 5 (2011-2013) 34 countries, and Round 6 (2014-2015) 36 countries. The survey covered 34 countries in Round 7 (2016-2018).
Kind of Data
Sample survey data [ssd]
Unit of Analysis
Individual

Version

Version Description
Version 01: Edited, anonymized dataset for public distribution.

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 performance 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?
Topics
Topic Vocabulary URI
conflict, security and peace [4.1] CESSDA Link
domestic political issues [4.2] CESSDA Link
government, political systems and organisations [4.4] CESSDA Link
mass political behaviour, attitudes/opinion [4.6] CESSDA Link
political ideology [4.7] CESSDA Link
business/industrial management and organisation [2.2] CESSDA Link
mass media [7.4] CESSDA Link
social exclusion [12.9] CESSDA Link
cultural activities and participation [13.2] CESSDA Link
cultural and national identity [13.3] CESSDA Link
religion and values [13.5] CESSDA Link
social behaviour and attitudes [13.6] CESSDA Link
social change [13.7] CESSDA Link
social conditions and indicators [13.8] CESSDA Link

Coverage

Geographic Coverage
National coverage.
Geographic Unit
The lowest level of geographic aggregation covered by the data is district.
Universe
Citizens of Tunisia who are 18 years and older, excluding institutions

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators
Name
Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD)
Institute for Justice and Reconciliation in South Africa (IJR)
Institute for Empirical Research in Political Economy (IREEP)
Institute for Development Studies (IDS)
Michigan State University (MSU)
University of Cape Town (UCT, South Africa)
Funding Agency/Sponsor
Name Abbreviation
Department for International Development DFID
Swedish Internation Development Cooperation Agency SIDA
United States Agency for International Development USAID
World Bank Group WBG

Sampling

Sampling Procedure
Sample size: 1,200
Sampling frame: The sampling frame was created based on the final results of the last census done in Tunisia in 2014 by the National Institute of Statistics
Sample design: Nationally representative, random, clustered, stratified, multi-stage area probability sample
Stratification: State and urban-rural location
Stages: PSUs (from strata), start points, households, respondents
PSU selection: Probability proportionate to population size (PPPS)
Cluster size: 8 households per PSU
Household selection: Randomly selected start points, followed by walk pattern using 5/10 interval
Respondent selection: Gender quota filled by alternating interviews between men and women; respondents of appropriate gender listed, after which Kish table is used to draw a randomly selected respondent
Response Rate
Outcome rates:
- Contact rate: 68,5%
- Cooperation rate: 53,0%
- Refusal rate: 25,0%
- Response rate: 37,0%
Weighting
Weighted to account for individual selection probabilities

Data Collection

Dates of Data Collection
Start End Cycle
2018-04-01 2018-05-05 Round 7
Data Collection Mode
Face-to-face [f2f]
Data Collectors
Name
One to One for Research and Polling

Questionnaires

Questionnaires
The Round 7 questionnaire has been developed by the Questionnaire Committee after reviewing the findings and feedback obtained in previous Rounds, and securing input on preferred new topics from a host of donors, analysts, and users of the data. As in previous Rounds, about two-thirds of the items from the Round 6 questionnaire remain the same, and about one-third are new items. In identifying new survey topics, the Questionnaire Committee sought to align the instrument with the global development agenda by incorporating topics that speak to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that were adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2015. Some of the new survey topics in the R7 questionnaire include: Safety and Security; State capacity; Migration; Closing spaces; Inclusion; Climate change and, the Middle class.

The questionnaire consists of three parts:
1. Part 1 captures the steps for selecting households and respondents, and includes the introduction to the respondent and (pp.1-4). This section should be filled in by the Fieldworker.
2. Part 2 covers the core attitudinal and demographic questions that are asked by the Fieldworker and answered by the Respondent (Q1 – Q100).
3. Part 3 includes contextual questions about the setting and atmosphere of the interview, and collects information on the Fieldworker. This section is completed by the Fieldworker (Q101 – Q123).

Data Appraisal

Estimates of Sampling Error
+/- 3 percentage points at 95% confidence leve

Access policy

Contacts
Name Email
For general inquiries bhoward@afrobarometer.org
For general inquiries snkomo@afrobarometer.org
For data datarequests@afrobarometer.org
Access conditions
Public use files, available to all
Citation requirements
Use of the dataset must be acknowledged using a citation which would include:
- the Identification of the Primary Investigator
- the title of the survey (including country, acronym and year of implementation)
- the survey reference number
- the source and date of download

Example:
Afrobarometer Data, [Country(ies)], [Round(s)], [Year(s)], available at http://www.afrobarometer.org.

Disclaimer and copyrights

Disclaimer
The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.

Metadata production

DDI Document ID
DDI_TUN_2018_AFB-R7_v01_M
Producers
Name Abbreviation Affiliation Role
Development Economics Data Group DECDG World Bank Group Documentation of the survey
Date of Metadata Production
2021-03-31
DDI Document version
Version 01 (March 2021)
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