DOI: 10.3886/icpsr36864
title: Afrobarometer Round 6: The Quality of Democracy and Governance in South Africa, 2015
title: Archival Version

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 Afrobarometer include attitudes toward and evaluations of democracy, governance and economic conditions, political participation, and national identity. In addition, Round 6 surveys included 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 was concerned with the attitudes and opinions of the citizens of South Africa, and also includes a number of "country-specific questions" designed specifically for respondents of the South Africa survey. These "country-specific questions" solicited respondents' opinions on topics such as trust in political and non-political organizations, the government performance, race-based unequal treatment, changes in government, and citizenship.

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: 63.7%
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 of the Afrobarometer website.
description: Datasets: 
DS1: Afrobarometer Round 6: The Quality of Democracy and Governance in South Africa, 2015
description: Citizens of South Africa who are 18 years and older, excluding institutionalized populations. Smallest Geographic Unit: Region
description: face-to-face interview; paper and pencil interview (PAPI)Additional information on the Afrobarometer Survey can be found on the Afrobarometer Web site.