БЕЛОРУССКИЙ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ УНИВЕРСИТЕТ - ESDS

ob_vyb_baromEngRV.doc, from David Rotman , CSPR, Minsk, 26.1.2005
BELARUS NEW EUROPE BAROMETER SURVEY 16-28 November 2004
METHODOLOGICAL REPORT
Sampling procedure grounding
Multy-stage route sample has been used in the research.
At the first stage, we carried on the selection of urban and rural administrative areas, that act as
the primary units of selection. Stratification of primary units of selection in all six administrativeterritorial
areas of Belarus was carried out for this purpose. Urban settlements have been grouped at
the basis of the number of residents.
Every administrative-territorial region of the Republic of Belarus represents quite a
homogeneous territorial units, that include urban and rural settlements of various size. Minsk region is
an exclusion, as far as the city of Minsk is traditionally singled out as an independent unit of selection.
Thus, the large city is absent in the representation of Minsk region.
Initially, the cities and towns that were to be included in the study were determined: the capital
city, and regional centers. Further on, one or several urban settlements and rural areas were selected at
random in every strata from the number of settlements and areas belonging to this strata, with the
probability proportional to the population, living in these places. When selecting rural places of
residence, various rural settlements were included in the sample, taking into account the population
living in it.
All in all, 56 places of residence were included in the sample (see the table).
The places, where survey was carried out
Regions Names of the settlements in the urban area Names of the areas in the urban
area
1. Brest Brest, Baranovichi, Pinsk, Ivanovo, Kobrinskij, Ivetsevichskij,
Zhabinka, Vysokoe
Kamenetskij
2. Vitebsk Vitebsk, Glubokoe, Novopolotsk, Polotsk, Rossonskij, Beshenkovichskij,
Miory, Postavy
Ushatskij
3. Gomel Gomel, Mozyr, Svetlogorsk, Rechitsa, Zhitkovichskij, Vetkovskij,
Dobrush, Buda-Koshelevo
Kalinkovichskij
4. Grodno Grodno, Lida, Volkovysk, Voronovo, Berestovitskij, Schuchinskij,
Smorgon’, Ostrovets
Ivjevskij
5. Minsk Borisov, Soligorsk, Slutsk, Molodechno, Pukhovichskij, Smolevichskij,
Berezino, Logoisk
Vileiskij, Stolbtsovskij
6. Mogilev Mogilev, Bobruisk, Osipovichi, Klimovichi, Slavgorodskij, Kostukovichsrij,
7. the city of Minsk
Mstislavl’, Cherikov
Chausskij
The second stage is rout modeling. All the areas in every selected city were included in the
sample, the areas of the selected city were selected by method of random non-repeated selection. 2-3
streets in the area were selected in the regional center, in the city of middle size – not less than 2
streets, in the small city -- 1-2 streets. Not more than 10 respondents were polled in one street.
In the rural settlements, the survey was carried on in the largest street. In case, the village is
conditionally divided in an old and new part, the survey was carried on in two streets (one street in
every part in of settlement).
The third stage is selection of households. The survey was carried on in the houses with
preliminary scheme of numeration. In rural settlements the selection of houses was realized at the basis
of specified step. Movement along the route was realized without non-attendance of houses, indicated
in the route.
The fourth stage is selection of flats. In blocks-of-flats the survey was realized in the
apartments with preliminary scheme of numeration. The movement along the route was realized
without non-attendance of flats, indicated in the route. If the apartment was non-residential, or the