ESDS launch of the Latinobarómetro data series. 30 November 2007 CEP Conference Room, London School of Economics and Political Science
Mar 28, 2015
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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