Geocoded Afrobarometer Surveys

This subnationally geocoded dataset covers Rounds One through Six of Afrobarometer's surveys in 37 African countries between 1999 and 2015. The dataset provides hyperlocal, time-varying information about the priorities, preferences, experiences, and opinions of more than 200,000 African citizens in 28,000 localities. More specifically, it provides village- and town-level data on: 

• the most important problems that citizens would like to see their governments address; 
• the perceived performance of local and national institutions in solving specific problems, such as the provision of basic education and health services; 
• access to information via newspapers, radios, televisions, and mobile phones; 
• levels of civic engagement and political participation; 
• engagement with and confidence in local and central government institutions; 
• the physical presence or absence of state institutions (e.g. police stations, health clinics, schools, water and sanitation systems); 
• the reported quality of local public services; 
• and local perceptions of and experiences with various forms of corruption.

To protect the privacy of individual survey participants, those who wish to access the respondent-level data must request access from Afrobarometer and comply with their data use policy.

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