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Latinobarómetro (Latin America, 1995-2009)
Year 1995-2009
Commissioned by Corporación Lationobarómetro
Author/s
Methodology 19,000 interviews are conducted in 18 countries of Latin America representative of
more than 400 million inhabitants.
Objectives To survey the public opinion concerning different domains in Latin American
countries.
Cultural domains /
Other issues
The questionnaires used include questions of Free time activities such as watching
TV, doing sports, volunteering, reading books or newspapers, being with friends or
family, listening to music, going to the movies or going to a religious service or other
type of community event.
There are some questions regarding the uses of Internet to access information and
for communication and working purposes.
Socio-demographic variables:
sex, age, number of persons in household, income, marital status, educational level,
number of children, employment situation, languages spoken, religion, ethnicity.
Other domains:
attitudes toward democracy, civic participation and political engagement, lifestyle and
values, social values and perception on country’s situation, Issues like the importance
of family, abortion, homosexuality, discrimination against indigenous people and
foreigners.
Notes The survey is run every year.
URL http://www.latinobarometro.org/latino/latinobarometro.jsp
Uganda National Household Survey 2009/2010 (Uganda, 2009-2010)
Year 2010
Commissioned by Uganda Bureau of Statistics
Author/s
Methodology The UNHS 2009/10 was undertaken from May 2009 to April 2010 and covered about
6,800 households selected countrywide.
The questions were responded to by household members aged 18 years and above.
Objectives The main objective of the survey was to collect high quality data on population and
socio-economic characteristics of households for monitoring development
performance.
The survey collected information on participation of the population in events of a
Cultural domains /
Other issues
cultural nature.
Data was collected on religion, listening/watching music, reading, and involvement of
household members in different social activities.
The Uganda National Household Survey (UNHS) 2009/10 collected information on
personal characteristics of household members including information on age, sex,
relationship to the head of the household and migration, amongst others.
Notes The Uganda National Household Survey (UNHS) 2009/10 is the latest in a series of
household surveys that started in 1989. The survey collected information on socioeconomic
characteristics at both household and community levels as well as
information on the informal sector. The UNHS 2009/10 comprised of six modules: the
Socio-economic, Labour Force, Informal Sector, Community, Price and the
Qualitative modules. One of the chapters of the socio-economic module is on Culture.
URL http://www.ubos.org/UNHS0910/Appendix%20III-%20Questionnaire.pdf
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