Face-to-face interviews by trained interviewers
in the language of the respondent's choice.
National probablitiy samples that represent an accurate cross section of the voting age population. Random selection is used at every stage of sampling and the sample is stratified to ensure that all major demographic segments of the population are covered. Sample size varies from a minimum of 1200 in each country to up to 2400 or more. *
*Warning: Afrobarometer results should not be generalized to Sub-Saharan Africa as a whole. The selection of countries is intentionally biased toward liberalizing regimes. Authoritarian regimes and countries in conflict are under-represented.
Afrobarometer research protocols are summarized in a comprehensive manual which is available in both English and French. Additional survey technical information is also available for Round 1, Round 2 and Round 3.
The Afrobarometer's outcome
rates meet or
exceed international standards.
