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Data set results for V

South African Voter Participation Survey (VPS) 2000 - All provinces

The following topics were covered in this questionnaire: voter education, voter registration and participation, general perceptions on voting, voting behaviour and history, media and information, as well as respondent and household characteristics. Question 32 has been removed from the data.

This data set contains 2704 cases and 79 variables.

South African Voter Participation Survey (VPS) 2005 - All provinces

The following topics were covered in this questionnaire: democracy and governance issues, voter registration and participation, general perceptions on voting, voting behaviour and history, media and information issues, satisfaction with institutions, access to services, respondent and household characteristics. 

This data set contains 4930 cases and 321 variables.

South African Voter Participation Survey (VPS), 2008 - All provinces

The following topics were covered in this questionnaire: democracy and governance issues, voter registration and participation, general perceptions on voting, voting behaviour and history, media and information issues, satisfaction with institutions, access to services, respondent and household characteristics.

This data set contains 3885 cases and 349 variables.

South African Voter participation survey (VPS) 2010 - All provinces

Topics covered in the questionnaire are: democracy and governance issues, municipal performance, Identity documents, voter registration, voting history, most recent voting experience, voting irregularities, general perceptions on voting, electronic voting, perceptions on voting in terms of special groups, media and information issues with regard to the profile of the electoral commission, voter education, interest in social/cultural/religious organisations, political participation, respondent characteristics, household characteristics, personal and household income.

Following the data curation process the resulting data set has 3214 cases and 504 variables.

Of the targeted population of 3500, 3214 responses (91.8%) was realized

South African Voter participation survey (VPS) 2013 - All provinces

Topics covered in the questionnaire are: democracy and governance issues, municipal performance, Identity documents, voter registration, voting history, most recent voting experience, voting irregularities, general perceptions on voting, electronic voting, perceptions on voting in terms of special groups, media and information issues with regard to the profile of the electoral commission, voter education, interest in social/cultural/religious organisations, political participation, respondent characteristics, household characteristics, personal and household income.

Following the data curation process the resulting data set has 2912 cases and 562 variables.

Of the targeted population of 3500, 2912 responses (83.5%) was realized.

South African Voter Participation Survey (VPS) 2015 - All provinces

Topics covered in the questionnaire are: democracy and governance issues, municipal attitudes and performance, Identity documents, voter registration, voting history, most recent voting experience, voting irregularities, general perceptions on voting, electronic voting, perceptions of voting in terms of special groups, media and information issues with regard to the profile of the electoral commission, voter education, interest in social/cultural/religious organisations.

Of the targeted population of 3500, 2976 responses (85%) was realized. The data set for dissemination contains 579 variables.

South African Voter Participation Survey (VPS) 2018 - All provinces

Topics covered in the questionnaire are: democracy and governance issues, attitudes towards government performance, identity documents, voter registration, voting history, most recent voting experience, voting irregularities, general perceptions on voting, electronic voting, perceptions on voting in terms of special groups, media and information issues with regard to the profile of the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC), voter education, interest in social/cultural/religious organisations, political participation.

Of the targeted population of 3500, 2761 responses (79%) was realized. The data set for dissemination contains 2761 cases and 602 variables.