PRESENTATION AT THE SLIBS NATIONAL CONFERENCE PORT LOKO 28 th - 29 th JULY, 2016.

Outlook on Afrobarometer findings 2012 to 2015 in Sierra Leone.

What is the Afrobarometer?  The Afrobarometer (AB) is a comparative series of public opinion surveys that measure public attitudes toward democracy, governance, the economy, leadership, identity, and other related issues  The AB is an independent, non-partisan, African-based network of researchers.  The first round of surveys took place in in 12 countries. The Network is now conducting “Round 6” surveys in up to 35 countries during  Purpose: To measure popular perspectives on the social, political, and economic environments in each country where it is implemented and across Africa  Goal: To give the public a voice in policy making processes by providing high- quality public opinion data to policy-makers, policy advocates and civil society organizations, academics, media, donors and investors, and ordinary Africans

Country Coverage:  Round 1, , 12 countries Southern Africa: Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe West Africa: Ghana, Mali, Nigeria East Africa: Tanzania, Uganda  Round 2, , 16 countries All Round 1 countries Cape Verde, Kenya, Mozambique, Senegal  Round 3, , 18 countries Benin, Madagascar  Round 4, , 20 countries Burkina Faso, Liberia  Round 5, , 35 countries targeted Algeria, Burundi, Cameroon, Cote d’lVoire, Egypt, Guinea, Mauritius, Morocco, Niger, Togo, Tunisia, Sierra Leone, Sudan Round 6, , 35 countries Targeted

Where Afrobarometer works

A Pan-African Network of survey researchers and analysts:  In each country there is a National Partner responsible for survey implementation and advocacy. National Partners in each country conduct the survey. In Sierra Leone, Afrobarometer Round 6 survey field work was conducted by ITASCAP, and CGG and Lena Thompson are responsible for dissemination of results.  Three Core Partners provide technical assistance and Network management: Center for Democratic Development (CDD), Ghana Institute for Development Studies (IDS), University of Nairobi, Kenya Institute for Empirical Research in Political Economy (IREEP), Benin  Two Support Units for capacity building and quality assurance Michigan State University University of Cape Town  Round 6 Core Funders include DFID SIDA Mo Ibrahim Foundation Who is the Afrobarometer?

Methodology Nationally representative sample of adult citizens  All respondents are randomly selected.  Sample is distributed across districts/provinces and urban/rural areas in proportion to their share in the national population.  Every adult citizen has an equal chance of being selected Face-to-face interviews In the language of the respondent’s choice. Standard questionnaire allows comparisons across countries and over time. Sample size in Sierra Leone of 1,200 adult citizens yields a margin of error of +/-3% with a 95% confidence level. Fieldwork for Round 6 in Sierra Leone was conducted between 22 May and 10 June 2015.

Survey demographics % Gender Male 50 Female 50 Location Urban 37 Rural 63 Region East25 North33 South22 West20 Education No formal education 45 Primary 13 Secondary 28 Post-secondary 14 Religion Christian 22 Muslim 73 Other 4

Research Tool Questionnaire used focused on the following:  Democracy  Conflict and Crime  Elections  Gender equality  Political participation  Poverty  Service delivery  Governance  Citizenship  Energy  Infrastructure  China questions  Pan Africanism and Regionalism  Economics

Three Disseminations 3 disseminations based on the AB protocol done for both rounds 5 and 6 for Sierra Leone. These brought out findings in key thematic areas such:  Sierra Leone perceptions of democracy.  Corruption, trust, and performance of political leaders.  Economic and living conditions, and Government economic performance. These were presented to stakeholders in Freetown and Makeni.

Sierra Leone perceptions of democracy

Satisfaction with democracy | Respondents were asked: Overall, how satisfied are you with the way democracy works in Sierra Leone?

Corruption, trust, and performance of political leaders.

Perceived corruption among public institutions | Sierra Leone |

Economic and living conditions, and Government economic performance.

Country’s present economic condition |

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