GLD-SAIPAR Covid-19 survey in Zambia dataset.

In March 2020, Zambia reported their first cases of Covid-19, with the government restricting non-essential travel, banning large public gatherings, and establishing emergency committees to spearhead efforts to contain the pandemic at a national level. The Governance and Local Development Institute (GLD) in collaboration with South African Institute for Policy and Research (SAIPAR) implemented a survey in 2020 to generate a dataset to provide better understanding of citizens' responses to such measures, and the impact of the pandemic on their individual lives and communities. To generate as complete a picture as possible of the local situations over time, we conducted two survey rounds. These rounds resulted in a total of 3925 completed surveys (1022 respondents took both rounds), gathering information on issues including knowledge of Covid-19; attitudes and fears surrounding health and economic impacts; social, economic, and health vulnerabilities; social distancing practices and other preventative measures. Particular attention was paid to the local variation in concerns over the social stigma, levels of enforcement, and engagement of different authorities.

Zambian election panel survey: Dataset of responses before, near, and after 2021 elections.

The Zambian Election Panel Survey (ZEPS) data allows for analysis of voter perceptions and choices in the August 2021 elections - and how these were affected by the tactics of the competing parties and candidates. The panel design provides an opportunity to study how, when and why former supporters of incumbent president Lungu 'defected' to support his rival, Hakainde Hichilema (HH) in 2021. This multistage panel survey, the first-of-its-kind in Africa, was implemented in three rounds; June 5 - July 5 (R1: n = 1665), July 15 - Aug 11 (R2: n = 1508), and Aug 25 - Oct 3 (R3: n = 1272). These time periods correspond to the early campaign period, late in the campaign period and immediate post-election period, respectively. The survey was conducted over the phone. Responses were disproportionately from urban/peri-urban voters in Central and Lusaka provinces and rural voters in Eastern and Muchinga provinces. 1764 unique responses were collected using SurveyToGo software from Dooblo. 1210 responses were collected for all three rounds.