Respondent number
Urban or Rural Primary Sampling Unit
Province or region
EA-SVC-A. Electricity grid in the PSU/EA
EA-SVC-B. Piped water system in the PSU/EA
EA-SVC-C. Sewage system in the PSU/EA
EA-SVC-D. Mobile phone service in the PSU/EA
EA-SVC-E. Borehole or tubewell in PSU/EA
EA-FAC-A. Post office in the PSU/EA
EA-FAC-B. School in the PSU/EA
EA-FAC-C. Police station in the PSU/EA
EA-FAC-D. Health Clinic in the PSU/EA
EA-FAC-E. Market stalls in the PSU/EA
EA-FAC-F. Bank or money services in the PSU/EA
EA-FAC-G. Paid transport in the PSU/EA
EA-SEC-A. Police in the PSU/EA
EA-SEC-B. Soldiers/army in the PSU/EA
EA-SEC-C. Roadblocks by police/army in the PSU/EA
EA-SEC-D. Customs checkpoints in the PSU/EA
EA-SEC-E. Roadblocks by private security/local community in the PSU/EA
EA-ROAD-A. Road surface at start point
EA-ROAD-B. Road surface last 5 km
EA-ROAD-C. Road condition last 5 km
Reason for Unsuccessful Call Household 1
Reason for Unsuccessful Call Household 2
Reason for Unsuccessful Call Household 3
Reason for Unsuccessful Call Household 4
Reason for Unsuccessful Call Household 5
Reason for Unsuccessful Call Household 6
Reason for Unsuccessful Call Household 7
This interview, gender
Number of adults in household
Number of calls
Date of interview
Time interview started
Q1. Age
Q2. Language spoken in home
Q2other. Language spoken in home (verbatim)
Q3. Overall direction of the country
Q4a. Country’s present economic condition
Q4b. Your present living conditions
Q5. Treated unfairly by government based on economic status
Q6a. Country’s economic condition compared to 12 months ago
Q6b. Country’s economic condition in 12 months’ time
Q7a. How often gone without food
Q7b. How often gone without water
Q7c. How often gone without medical care
Q7d. How often gone without cooking fuel
Q7e. How often gone without cash income
Q8a. How often felt unsafe walking in neighbourhood
Q8b. How often feared crime in home
Q9. Discuss politics
Q10a. Freedom to say what you think
Q10b. Freedom to join any political organization
Q10c. Freedom to choose who to vote for
Q11a. Attend a community meeting
Q11b. Join others to raise an issue
Q11c. Attend a demonstration or protest march
Q12a. Contact local government councillor
Q12b. Contact MP
Q12c Contact political party official
Q12d. Contact traditional leader
Q13. Voting in the most recent national election
Q14. Freeness and fairness of the last national election
Q15a. Last national election: attend a campaign rally
Q15b. Last national election: work for a candidate or party
Q15c. Last national election: contacted by political party rep
Q15d. Which party contacted: 1st response
Q15d. Which party contacted: 2nd response
Q15d. Which party contacted: 3rd response
Q15d. Which party contacted: 4th response
Q15d. Which party contacted: 5th response
Q15d. Which parties contacted: Other (verbatim)
Q16a. Last national election: media covers all candidates fairly
Q16b. Last national election: offered food, gift or money for vote
Q17a. Last national election: votes not accurately counted
Q17b. Last national election: people voted more than once
Q17c. Last national election: powerful find out your vote
Q17d. Last national election: fear political intimidation or violence
Q18a. Last national election: police or soldiers assist people to cast ballot
Q18b. Last national election: voter intimidation
Q18c. Last national election: announced results reflect counted results
Q19a. Government bans organizations vs join any
Q19b. Media free to publish vs government control
Q20a. Reject one-party rule
Q20b. Reject military rule
Q20c. Reject one-man rule
Q21. Support for democracy
Q22. Govt gets things done vs govt accountable to citizens
Q23. Listen to wisdom of elders vs fresh ideas from young people
Q24. Choose leaders through elections vs other methods
Q25. Political parties divisive vs many parties needed
Q26. Elected officials follow constituent demands vs follow own ideas
Q27. Elected leaders empower most capable vs help people left behind
Q28. Experts make most important decisions vs no need for experts
Q29. President monitored by parliament vs free to act on own
Q30. President free to act vs obey the laws and courts
Q31. Election winner pursues preferred policies vs compromise w/others
Q31B_MLW. Losing candidates/parties should accept election results vs right to challenge
Q32. Popular govt free to do whatever people want vs always follow the law
Q33. Media checks government vs avoid negative reporting
Q34. Presidential two term limit vs no term limits
Q35a. Minimum age for presidential candidate
Q35b. Suggested minimum age for presidential candidate
Q35c. Maximum age for presidential candidate
Q35d. Suggested maximum age for presidential candidate
Q36. Extent of democracy
Q37. Satisfaction with democracy
Q38a. MPs listen
Q38b. Local government councillors listen
Q38c. Traditional leaders listen
Q39a. Tax authorities have right to enforce taxes
Q39b. Government information for official use only
Q40a. How often party competition leads to conflict
Q40b. How often president ignores laws
Q40c. How often president ignores parliament
Q40d. How often careful what you say
Q40e. How often people treated unequally
Q40f. How often officials unpunished
Q40g. How often ordinary people unpunished
Q41a. Trust president
Q41b. Trust parliament/national assembly
Q41c. Trust national electoral commission
Q41d. Trust your elected local government council
Q41e. Trust the ruling party
Q41f. Trust opposition political parties
Q41g. Trust police
Q41h. Trust army
Q41i. Trust courts of law
Q41j. Trust tax/revenue office
Q41k. Trust traditional leaders
Q41l. Trust religious leaders
Q42a. Corruption: office of the Presidency
Q42b. Corruption: Members of Parliament
Q42c. Corruption: Civil servants
Q42d. Corruption: local government councillors
Q42e. Corruption: Police
Q42f. Corruption: Judges and Magistrates
Q42g. Corruption: Tax officials
Q42h. Corruption:Traditional leaders
Q42i. Corruption: Religious leaders
Q43a. Level of corruption
Q43b. Ordinary people can report corruption without fear
Q44a. Contact with public school
Q44b. Difficulty to obtain public school services
Q44c. Pay bribe for public school services
Q44d. Contact with public clinic or hospital
Q44e. Difficulty to obtain medical care
Q44f. Pay bribe for medical care
Q44g. Tried to obtain identity document
Q44h. Difficulty to obtain identity document
Q44i. Pay bribe for identity document
Q44j. Requested assistance from the police
Q44k. Difficulty to obtain police assistance
Q44l. Pay bribe to receive police assistance
Q44m. Contact with police in other situations
Q44n. Pay bribe to avoid problem with police
Q45. Higher taxes w/more services vs lower taxes w/fewer services
Q46a. Difficulty to find out what taxes or fees to pay
Q46b. Difficulty to find out how government uses tax revenues
Q46c. Taxes for ordinary people: too little, too much, or right amount
Q46d. Taxes for the rich: too little, too much, or right amount
Q47a. Government should ensure informal sector pays taxes
Q47b. Fair for rich to pay higher taxes
Q47c. Taxes used by government for the well-being of citizens
Q47d. How often people avoid paying taxes
Q48pt1. Most important problems - 1st response
Q48pt1other. MIP - 1st response (verbatim other)
Q48pt2. Most important problems - 2nd response
Q48pt2other. MIP - 2nd response (verbatim other)
Q48pt3. Most important problems - 3rd response
Q48pt3other. MIP - 3rd response (verbatim other)
Q49a. Support more taxes for youth programs
Q49b. Priorities for investment in youth programs
Q50a. Handling managing the economy
Q50b. Handling improving living standards of the poor
Q50c. Handling creating jobs
Q50d. Handling keeping prices stable
Q50e. Handling narrowing income gaps
Q50f. Handling reducing crime
Q50g. Handling improving basic health services
Q50h. Handling addressing educational needs
Q50i. Handling providing water and sanitation services
Q50j. Handling fighting corruption
Q50k. Handling maintaining roads and bridges
Q50l. Handling providing a reliable supply of electricity
Q50m. Handling preventing or resolving violent conflict
Q50n. Handling addressing the needs of young people
Q50o. Handling protecting rights, promoting opportunities for disabled
Q51a. Performance: President
Q51b. Performance: MP/National Assembly rep
Q51c. Performance: local government councillor
Q51d. Performance: traditional leader
Q52a. Who responsible: MPs do jobs
Q52b. Who responsible: president does job
Q53a. Elections ensure voters' views are reflected
Q53b. Elections enable voters to remove leaders from office
Q53c. Negative consequences if communities don't vote for ruling party
Q54a. Feared violence in neighbourhood
Q54b. Feared violence during public protest
Q54c. Feared violence by extremists
Q55a. Radio news
Q55b. Television news
Q55c. Newspaper news
Q55d. Internet news
Q55e. Social media news
Q56. How free is news media
Q57a. Spread false information: government officials
Q57b. Spread false information: politicians and political parties
Q57c. Spread false information: news media and journalists
Q57d. Spread false information: social media users
Q57e. Spread false information: activists and interest groups
Q58a. Govt can prohibit sharing: news or information that is false
Q58b. Govt can prohibit sharing: news, information, or opinions that the government disapproves of
Q58c. Govt can prohibit sharing: criticism of president
Q58d. Govt can prohibit sharing: hate speech
Q59a. Heard about social media
Q59b. Social media: makes people more informed
Q59c. Social media: makes people more likely to believe false news
Q59d. Social media: helps people have more impact on politics
Q59e. Social media: makes people more intolerant
Q59f. Effects of social media on society
Q60. Unrestricted access to the Internet vs regulated access
Q61. Allow free movement in region vs limit cross-border movement
Q62. Difficulty to move across borders
Q63. Finance development from own resources vs use external loans
Q64a. Strict spending requirements on external loans vs govt decides
Q64b. Strict democracy conditions on external loans vs govt decides
Q65a. Know if country receives assistance from China
Q65b. Government required to repay China for loans
Q65c. Government borrowed too much money from China
Q65d.China puts more or less conditions on assistance
Q66. Open trade for development vs protect local producers
Q67. Only nationals trade vs allow foreigners to trade
Q68. Diverse communities stronger vs similar communities stronger
Q69a. Best country model for development
Q69aother. Best country model for development (verbatim)
Q69b. China's influence on economy
Q70a. Influence of organization: African Union
Q70b. Influence of organization: regional alliance (SADC)
Q70c. Influence of organization: United Nations agencies
Q70d. Influence of country: former colonial power (Britain)
Q70e. Influence of country: China
Q70f. Influence of country: United States
Q70g. Influence of country: regional superpower (South Africa)
Q70h. Influence of country: Russia
Q71. Most important international language
Q71other. Most important international language (verbatim)
Q72a. Heard about climate change
Q72b. Climate change: affecting country
Q73. Free to move when public security threatened vs impose curfews
Q74. Government should monitor private communication vs right to privacy
Q75a. Absolute freedom of religion vs government regulates what is said
Q75b_MLW. Freedom to demonstrate is absolute vs government has power to limit
Q76a_MLW. Quality of May 2019 elections better or worse than previous elections
Q76b_MLW. Aware of court case challenging 2019 presidential election
Q76c_MLW. Election challenge justified
Q77a_MLW. Aware of demonstrations calling for resignation of chair of electoral commission
Q77b_MLW. Demonstrations calling for resignation of EC chair justified
Q78a_MLW. Performs impartially: Malawi Electoral Commission
Q78b_MLW. Performs impartially: Malawi Police Services
Q78c_MLW. Performs impartially: Malawi Defence Forces
Q78d_MLW. Performs impartially: Anti Corruption Bureau
Q78e_MLW. Performs impartially: Malawi Broadcasting Corporation
Q78f_MLW. Performs impartially: Malawi Revenue Authority or MRA
Q78g_MLW. Performs impartially: Courts of law
Q79a_MLW. Chair of Malawi Electoral Commission should resign for handling of 2019 elections
Q79b_MLW. Malawi should adopt a federal system for equitable development
Q80a_MLW. Would enroll in money pooling for medical care
Q80b_MLW. Why not enroll in money pooling for medical care
Q80b_MLWother. Why not enroll in money pooling for medical care [Other (specify)]
Q80c_MLW. Why enroll in money pooling for medical care
Q80c_MLWother. Why enroll in money pooling for medical care [Other (specify)]
Q81. Ethnic community, cultural group or tribe
Q81other. Ethnic community, cultural group or tribe (verbatim)
Q82a. Ethnic group treated unfairly by government
Q82b. Ethnic or national identity
Q82c. Comfortable speaking mother tongue in public
Q82d. Comfortable wearing traditional or cultural dress in public
Q83. Most people can be trusted
Q84a. Unfair treatment by other people based on economic status
Q84b. Unfair treatment by other people based on religion
Q84c. Unfair treatment by other people based on ethnicity
Q85. More that unites or more that divides people
Q86a. Neighbours: people of different religion
Q86b. Neighbours: people of different ethnicity
Q86c. Neighbours: homosexuals
Q86d. Neighbours: immigrants and foreign workers
Q86e. Neighbours: people who support a different political party
Q87a. Influence of traditional leaders: governing local community
Q87b. Influence of traditional leaders: allocating land
Q87c. Influence of traditional leaders: votes
Q87d. Influence of traditional leaders: solving disputes
Q87e. Traditional leaders more or less influence
Q88. Who traditional leaders serve
Q89a. Traditional leaders advise on vote vs stay out of politics
Q89b. Traditional leaders in competition with elected leaders vs cooperation
Q90. Traditional leaders bad or good for democracy
Q91a. Close to political party
Q91b. Which party
Q91bother. Which party (verbatim)
Q92a. Own radio
Q92b. Own television
Q92c. Own motor vehicle, car or motorcycle
Q92d. Own computer
Q92e. Own bank account
Q90f. Own mobile phone
Q90g. Mobile phone access to internet
Q90h. How often use a mobile phone
Q90i. How often use the internet
Q93a. Source of water for household use
Q93b. Location of toilet or latrine
Q94a. Electric connection from mains
Q94b. Electricity available from mains
Q94c. Other source of electricity: available
Q94d. Other source of electricity: type
Q94e. Other source of electricity: owner
Q95a. Employment status
Q95b. Required to pay an income tax
Q95c. Occupation of respondent
Q95cother. Occupation of respondent (verbatim)
Q95d. Employer of respondent
Q96a. Who decides how money is used
Q96b. Head of household
Q96c. Occupation of head of household
Q97. Education of respondent
Q98a. Religion of respondent
Q98aother. Religion of respondent (verbatim)
Q98b. Religious group treated unfairly by government
Q99. Vote for which party
Q99other. Vote for which party (verbatim)
Q100. Perceived survey sponsor
Time interview ended
Length of interview
Q101. Gender of respondent
Q102. Race of respondent
Q103. Language of interview
Q104. Type of shelter of respondent
Q105. Roof of respondent’s home
Q106. Others present
Q107a. Check with others
Q107b. Influence by others
Q107c. Approached by community/party representatives
Q107d. Feel threatened
Q107e. Physically threatened
Q108. Proportion difficulty answering
Q110a. Respondent friendly
Q110b. Respondent interested
Q110c. Respondent cooperative
Q110d. Respondent patient
Q110e. Respondent at ease
Q110f. Respondent honest
Q112. Interviewer Number
Q113. Interviewer’s age
Q114. Interviewer’s gender
Q115. Interviewer rural or urban
Q116. Interviewer's home language
Q117. Interviewer's ethnic group or tribe
Q118. Interviewer's education
Q119. Other spoken languages_first
Q119. Other spoken languages_second
Q119. Other spoken languages_third
Q119. Other spoken languages_fourth
Q119. Other spoken languages_fifth
Q119. Other spoken languages_sixth
within country weighting factor, weights to EA level ("old AB withinwt")