Data Usage Policy

Because the Afrobarometer is funded from public resources, its data are a public good. All data are released via this website and other outlets, along with relevant codebooks. But, to allow initial in-house analysis and publication, data will not be released publicly until one year after the completion of fieldwork.

Afrobarometer data are protected by copyright. Authors of any published work based on Afrobarometer data or papers are required to acknowledge the source including, where applicable, citations to data sets posted on this website. In addition, we request users to send copies of any publications, papers, or reports that employ Afrobarometer data to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , Afrobarometer Publications Manager.

Users are encouraged to submit analytic papers based on Afrobarometer data for possible publication in the Afrobarometer Working Papers or Afrobarometer Briefing Papers Series. Submissions should be sent in MSWord format to Michael Bratton, Editor at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

Additional access to Afrobarometer survey data are also available through the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR). http://www.icpsr.umich.edu

Note that for some surveys data is weighted to correct for either deliberate (e.g., to provide an adequate sample of specific sub-groups for analytical purposes) or inadvertent over- or under-sampling of particular sample strata. In these cases, a weighting variable is included as the last variable in the data set, with details described in the codebook. These weighting factors should be used when calculating all national-level statistics.