Ghana Round 3 summary of results

In March 2005, the Afrobarometer surveyed a nationally representative random, stratified probability sample of 1,197 Ghanaians. Face to face interviews were conducted by the Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) in English and six major languages spoken by most nationals. The sample was drawn by taking the smallest geographic units, census Enumeration Areas (EA’s) and stratifying all EA’s across the country into separate lists according to region and urban/ rural status. 150 EA’s were then randomly selected from these lists with the probability proportionate to its size in the overall population as represented in the 2000 census. This ensured that every eligible adult had an equal and known chance of being selected. Eight households were then randomly selected within each EA, and a respondent 18 years of age or older was randomly selected from each household. A gender quota ensured that every other interview must be with a female. A sample of this size is sufficient to yield an overall margin of error of ± 3 percent at a confidence level of 95 percent.