From 19 November 2012 to 18 December 2012, the Afrobarometer surveyed a nationally representative, random, stratified probability sample of 1,200 adult Namibians. Face-to-face interviews were conducted in the language of the respondent’s choice by the Afrobarometer team based at Survey Warehouse. Local language translations were done in four languages: Afrikaans, Oshikwanyama, Otjiherero and Rukwangali. IDASA provided technical backstopping for the survey. Previous Afrobarometer surveys were conducted in Namibia in 1999, 2002, 2003, 2006, and 2008.
The sample was drawn by taking the smallest geographic units, Census Enumeration Areas (EAs), and stratifying all EAs across the country into separate lists according to Regions and geographical area (urban/rural). 150 EAs were then randomly selected from these lists with the probability proportionate to its size in the overall population as represented in the 2011 Namibia Population and Housing 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.