DOI: 10.3886/icpsr36721.v1
title: Afrobarometer Round 6: The Quality of Democracy and Governance in Nigeria, 2014-2015
title: Version 1

description: 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 nationally representative samples in face-to-face interviews in the language of the respondent's choice. Standard topics for the Afrobarometers include attitudes toward and evaluations of democracy, governance and economic conditions, political participation, and national identity. In addition, Round 6 surveys include special modules on taxation; tolerance; crime, conflict and insecurity; political corruption; interregional relations; perceptions of China; use of technology; and social service delivery.
This particular data collection is concerned with the attitudes and opinions of the citizens of Nigeria, and also includes a number of "country-specific questions" designed specifically for the respondents of the Nigeria survey. These "country-specific questions" solicited respondents' opinions on topics such as who was supporting extremist groups involved with launching attacks and kidnappings, how effective the government had been in addressing the problem of armed extremists, and whether Nigeria should create more states. Respondents were also asked their opinions on the 2015 elections and how responsive they felt the federal government was to emergencies such as the Ebola virus outbreak, Polio, floods, and insecurities caused by armed robbers and extremist groups.
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 6 surveys were implemented in 36 countries.
description: 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.
description: Response Rates: 69.5%
description: 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.
For more information on sampling, please refer to the Sampling Principles page on the Afrobarometer website.
description: Datasets: 
DS1: Afrobarometer Round 6: The Quality of Democracy and Governance in Nigeria, 2014-2015
description: Citizens of Nigeria aged 18 years or older. Smallest Geographic Unit: Region
description: face-to-face interview; paper and pencil interview (PAPI)The original data collection was carried out by Practical Sampling International (PSI), Nigeria, and produced by the CLEEN Foundation, Nigeria.Additional information on the Afrobarometer Survey can be found on the Afrobarometer Website.