GOVT 2274 (Spring 2025): Global Studies Gateway: Polls & Social Surveys

"contains ... data sets from 39 African countries going back to 1999. Search by country, survey question, and survey round. "You can compare individual countries and regions, or get the continental view on the topics of your choice. You can slice and dice the data by gender, age, education level, and other demographic variables. You can identify trends over time. You can also create your own graphs and tables and export them in multiple formats."

Online Analysis. Select the variable, country, and round. Raw data is also available requiring statistical analysis software.

Different topics covered each year, but hasn't been updated in some years. It may still provide an interesting point-in-time understanding:

• 2007 - Leisure Time and Sports
• 2005 - Work Orientations III
• 2004 - Citizenship
• 2003 - National Identity II
• 2002 - Family III
• 2001 - Social networks II
• 2000 - Environment II
• 1999 - Social Inequality III
• 1998 - Religion II

Select a question (variable) by clicking on the link (for example, gender of respondent). This opens up the online analysis tool.
--Select Cross-tabs.
--Use the arrows to page through the different variables that can be analyzed.

Beginning in 1981, conducted in successive waves.
A.- Perceptions of life
B.- Environment
C.- Work
D.- Family
E.- Politics and Society
F.- Religion and Morale
G.- National Identity
S.- Structure of the file
X.- Socio-demographics
Y.- Special Indexes
Search tips: On the left-hand menu, select Online Data Analysis. "You may browse the variable index and see question texts, frequencies for each answer, crosstabs of each question by country or any other variable, and even graphics."
You can also check under Findings & Insights for summaries of some of the findings.

Note: The data is drawn from some of the data in the Pew Global Values Survey.
Select the "Custom Analysis" tab.
U.S. Image: Opinion of the United States, Confidence in the U.S. President , Drone Strikes, U.S. Personal Freedoms ~ World Economy: Satisfaction with National Conditions, Country's Economic Situation, Views on Trade, Future Economic Situation ~ China Image: Opinion of China, Views of Chinese President, China's Growing Economy, China Personal Freedoms ~ Balance of Power: World's Leading Economic Power, World's Leading Superpower ~ Rating Countries: Opinion of Iran, Opinion of Russia, Opinion of Brazil.
Note: Not every country is surveyed every year.

Silver Spring, MD: ORS.
Polls taken on a variety of subjects all over the world from 1986 to the present. Each record in the database consists of one poll question and the participants' responses. Records are indexed in one of more than 5,000 topics and six search fields: subject matter, question text, universe, date, polling organization and response categories. Other information provided includes: source name and contact information, sample size, and notes on the sample population. Partially supersedes American Public Opinion Index and American Public Opinion Data [microfiche].

Datasets from 100+ countries. Datasets can be downloaded in STATA, SPSS, CSV and ASCII formats.

Reports that summarize opinion data. In partnership with the International Institutions and Global Governance program at the Council on Foreign Relations, WorldOpinion.org consolidates global and U.S. public opinion covering ten major issue areas: elements of world order, international institutions, violent conflict, terrorism, nuclear proliferation, climate change, energy security, the global economy, economic development, and human rights.