ESDS launch of the Latinobarómetro data series. 30 November 2007 CEP Conference Room, London School of Economics and Political Science.

ESDS launch of the Latinobarómetro data series.

30 November 2007 CEP Conference Room,

London School of Economics and Political Science

HISTORY OF LATINOBARÓMETRO

• 1994: funding for 4 countries - Argentina - Chile

– Brasil - Uruguay

• 1995: 8 countries / first wave - Argentina - Paraguay - Chile - México

– Brasil - Perú - Uruguay - Venezuela

• 1996:. 17 countries.– - Argentina - Brasil - Bolivia - Chile

– - Colombia - Costa Rica - Ecuador - El Salvador

– - Guatemala - Honduras- México - Nicaragua - Panamá

– - Paraguay - Perú - Uruguay - Venezuela

• 2004: Republica Dominicana was added.• 2006: FIRST ONLINE DATA BANK in Latin America.

LATINOBARÓMETRO

TECHNICAL REFERENCE1995 - 2007

• 206.000 interviews• 12 waves• 18 countries• Samples of 1000 and 1200 Cases per

country• Face to Face interviews• Error 3%

TIME SERIES IA. Democracy A.1 Democracy A.2 Institutions A.2.1 Trust A.2.2 Evaluation of

Institutions A.3 Rules of Law: Laws and Constitution A.4 Politics A.4.1 General A.4.2 Political Parties A.4.3 Elections and Voting A.4.4 Political Participation A.5 Public Policies A.5.1 Key Problems A.5.2 Poverty A.5.3 Crime A.5.4 Drugs A.5.5 Corruption A.5.6 Employment A.5.7 Education A.5.8 Health A.5.9 Housing and Consumer Products A.5.10 Terrorism A.5.11 Immigration A.5.12 Taxes A.5.13 Race and Discrimination A.5.14 Environment

B. Values and Society B.1 Country Profiles B.1.1 Identity, Trust and Admiration between Latin American Nations B.1.2 Norms and Social ValuesB.2 Social CorruptionB.3 GenderB.4 ReligionB.5 Mass MediaB.6 InternetC. The Economy and Related Expectations C.1 Index of Opinions on the Economy C.2 Evaluation of Local Economy C.3 Economic Mentality C.4 Distribution of Wealth C.5 Market and StateD. International Relations D.1 Regional Integration D.2 International Economic Relations D.3 International Political Relations D.2 International Economic Relations D.3 International Political RelationsSD. Sociodemographic Variables

TIME SERIES II

Source: Latinobarómetro 1995-2007Proyectado 2006

74 3 3

69 9

69

13

84

5861

63 62

5753 53 53

5854

17 17 18 18 1719

1715 15

17 1716 1614

1619

2118

22 2119

1720

4856

15

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999-2000

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

DNK/DNA Democracy is preferable

Authoritarian government It doesn't matter

SUPPORT FOR DEMOCRACYLATIN AMERICA 1995-2007 Q. With which of the following statements do you agree most? Democracy is preferable to any other kind of government / Under some circumstances, an authoritarian government can be preferable to a democratic one / For people like me, it doesn’t matter whether we have a democratic or a non-democratic regime?

Source: Latinobarómetro 2007

379

1730303131323333

3536

3841

4347

4959

66

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90

Latin America

P araguay

P eru

Guatemala

Brazil

Honduras

Mexico

Colombia

El Salvador

Argentina

Ecuador

Chile

P anama

Bolivia

Nicaragua

Costa Rica

Dominican Rep.

Venezuela

Uruguay

SATISFACTION WITH DEMOCRACYTOTALS BY COUNTRY 2007Q. In general, would you say you are very satisfied, fairly satisfied, not very satisfied or not satisfied at all with the way democracy works in (country)? *Answer shown ‘very satisfied’ plus ‘fairly satisfied’.

MEANING OF DEMOCRACY LATIN AMERICA, 2001-2006Q. To you, what does “democracy” mean? * Multiple answers; total is more than 100%.

27

1

2

2

5

5

9

6

13

41

30

2

2

3

3

4

5

6

6

10

35

32

3

3

3

2

5

4

6

6

11

38

32

3

3

2

2

5

5

8

8

13

42

4

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70

DNA/DNK

Other neutral meanings

Social and economic development

Other negative meanings

Rule of law

Peace and unity

Government of, by and for the people

Right to vote

Other positive meanings

Justice and equality

Civil and individual liberties

2001 2002 2005 2006

The following answers reached 1% or less in the years measured: majority rule, good government, corruption and abuse of power, rights of groups (except in 2005 when it reached 2%), personal safety, multi-party system, national independence, social & economic hardship.

Source: Latinobarómetro 2001-2006: n = 18.135/ 18.522/20.207/ 20.234

Source: Latinobarómetro 2007

2026

292930

383939

414243

4547

5151

565757

7475

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80

Political partiesForeignersCongress

Unknown relativeJudiciary

Electoral tribunalGovernment

PolicePrivate companies

IndigenousPresident

NewspapersTelevision

Armed forcesNeighbor

RadioPoor person

(Nationals)Church

Firemen

TRUST IN …LATIN AMERICA 2007Q. Please look at this card and tell me how much trust you have in…. *Answer shown ‘a lot’ plus ‘some’.

Source: Latinobarómetro 2007

5.34.634.784.88

5.085.095.125.135.135.155.155.225.265.27

5.555.755.81

6.116.24

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Latin America

Guatemala

Uruguay

Chile

Nicaragua

P araguay

Ecuador

P eru

Brazil

P anama

El Salvador

Bolivia

Venezuela

Mexico

Argentina

Honduras

Colombia

Costa Rica

Dominican Rep.

LEFT-RIGHT SCALE TOTALS BY COUNTRY 2007Q. In politics, people normally speak of ‘left’ and ‘right’. On a scale where 0 is left and 10 is right, where would you place yourself? *Averages shown.

PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER PARTICIPATEDLATIN AMERICA 2007

Source: Latinobarómetro 2007

Q. People sometimes belong to different kinds of groups or associations. *Answer shown ‘never belonged to a political or social organization’.

318

1013

232526262728

303637

4040

424445

52

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70

Latin America

Dominican Rep.

Paraguay

Honduras

Nicaragua

Peru

Venezuela

Colombia

Bolivia

Panama

Costa Rica

Uruguay

Guatemala

Brazil

El Salvador

Mexico

Argentina

Chile

Ecuador

TAKING PART IN A DEMONSTRATION LATIN AMERICA 1995-2007 / TOTALS BY COUNTRY 2007

Source: Latinobarómetro 1995-2007

Q. I am going to read out a variety of political activities that people can undertake and I would like you to tell me if you have ever done any of them, if you would ever do any of them, or if you would never do any of them. Taking part in an authorized demonstration. *Answer shown ‘have done this’.

135

68

910

111212

1313

1414

1515

1617

2323

0 5 10 15 20 25 30

Latin America

Ecuador

El Salvador

Guatemala

Chile

Panama

Honduras

Peru

Dominican Rep.

Bolivia

Nicaragua

Brazil

Colombia

Paraguay

Mexico

Costa Rica

Argentina

Uruguay

Venezuela

2523

21

17

1412

1312

13

0

10

20

30

40

50

1995 1996 1998 2000 2002 2003 2005 2006 2007

Source: Latinobarómetro 2007

18

33

15

28

22

23

30

16

31

14

13

8

28

14

11

11

12

14

8

17

2

2

5

6

7

7

11

12

13

17

18

19

22

25

30

32

38

46

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50

Latin America

Nicaragua

Bolivia

Peru

Colombia

Ecuador

Uruguay

Dominican Rep.

Paraguay

Mexico

Brazil

Costa Rica

Panama

Honduras

Argentina

Chile

El Salvador

Guatemala

Venezuela

Unemployment Crime

MOST IMPORTANT PROBLEMTOTALS BY COUNTRY 2007Q. In your opinion, what is the most important problem in the country? * Only the two most important problems regionally are shown.

Q. In your opinion, what is the country’s most important problem? *Only ‘unemployment’, ‘crime’ and ‘inflation’ shown.

MOST IMPORTANT PROBLEMLATIN AMERICA 1995-2007

2321

19

25

29 2930

24

18

57 7

8 89

78

9

1416

17

12 12

6 64 4 4

3

0 0 0

3

20

2321

0

10

20

30

40

1995 1996 1997 1998 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Unemployment Crime Inflation

Source: Latinobarómetro 1995-2007

  1995 1996 1997 1998 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

COLOR TELEVISION 81 85 85 87 90 86 84 82 83 81 89 90

TAP WATER 90 88 88 89 90 88 88 86 86 86 86 83

FREEZER/ REFRIGERATOR 85 78 80 84 83 77 74 72 73 74 77 77

OWN HOME 66 72 75 73 72 72 72 73 73 72

SEWAGE 76 73 75 80 76 70 69 67 63 64 62 64

MOBILE TELEPHONE 55 59

WASHING MACHINE 57 47 44 48 47 44 40 39 43 44 47 48

LAND LINE TELEPHONE 44 48 50 58 59 54 48 46 46 44 42 42

HOT WATER 57 46 45 48 43 42 38 32 28 32 32 34

INTERNET 11 17 19 34

COMPUTER 8 11 13 18 18 16 15 16 16 17 21 24

CAR 33 33 30 34 33 27 24 22 23 22 22 22

Table Nº15: POSSESION OF GOODS, Totals Latin America

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