...e context of Afghan society, where disputes over issues such as land and water often escalate into blood feuds involving entire villages or clans. Least trusted of all are bankers, an understandable result in light of a number of high-profile scandals which have plagued the banking sector over the past few years. Among the many changes that Afghanistan has seen over the past decade, one of the greatest has been the proliferation of mobile phones....
...the survey in Kabul on November 17th, and presented the findings at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C. on November 19th. The results of the survey have been the subject of news articles and editorials in The Washington Post, The Guardian, The Los Angeles Times, and many other news outlets. Full results and data are free and publicly available on The Asia Foundation’s website. In addition, a conversation about the survey’s fi...
...stan’s 34 provinces with a sample size of 6,406 and a margin of error of plus or minus 1.22%. The full results are available here. In addition to being covered by a wide variety of international news outlets such as Newsweek, AFP, Reuters and The Taipei Times the survey findings were featured on PBS News’ Online NewsHour....
...ongoing Afghan Futures series, ACSOR-Surveys has conducted its first Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI) Survey, in cooperation with D3 Systems, Inc. and Research Control Solutions (RCS). A team of 49 male and female local interviewers collected data on smartphones using the Research Control Solutions software. Interviews were conducted in Dari and Pashto with 470 male and female Kabulis over the age of 18. This exciting development me...
...ice, for 30 IDIs total, while conducting focus groups with their parents after test screenings. ACSOR sought to speak with parents and children from both urban and rural families who represented a range of ethnicities and education levels. Research was conducted in both Dari and Pashto. Feedback about Zari was mostly positive. Most of the children liked her, and parents said that she spoke and looked like an Afghan girl. Most were also able to rem...
...f women in Afghan Society. As in previous years, the survey has received extensive coverage from international news media, including ABC News, Reuters, and U.S. News & World Report, as well as by Afghan media such as Tolo News. The survey covers a wide range of topics, including security, economics, development, women’s issues, migration, and governance. Although outlook continues to be negative, the percentage of Afghans saying that the country i...
...lable for free on the foundation’s website. The Asia Foundation also produced a short video highlighting key findings and explaining the importance of the survey in the current context of Afghanistan. A total of 15,012 interviews were conducted with respondents aged 18 and older in all 34 provinces, the largest sample in the series so far. The sample was 50.3% male and 49.7% female, comprising 80.6% rural and 19.4% urban respondents....
...ington, DC release event, the survey “provides a statistically-valid, long-term barometer of Afghan public opinion, and helps to contribute to a better collective understanding of Afghan views.” The survey has received coverage in international news media, including The New York Times, Reuters, and The Miami Herald, as well as in Afghan media such as Tolo News. Conversation about the survey findings has been taking place across Twitter and other s...
