Comparative Panel Survey on the Dynamics of Change: Belief Formation and Political Engagement in Egypt, Tunisia, and Turkey

In Egypt, of the nationally representative sample of 3,496 adult respondents interviewed in 2011, 2,430 respondents were contacted and re-interviewed between August and December 2016, a response rate of 70%. There were also 1,428 additional interviews to replenish the panel. Panel data consists of 2,430 respondents from each wave. Cross-sectional data consists of 3,496 completed interviews for 2011 and 3,858 completed interview for 2016. In Tunisia, of the nationally representative sample of 3,070 adult respondents interviewed in 2013, 2,391 respondents were contacted and re-interviewed in 2015, a response rate of 78%. In Turkey, of the nationally representative sample of 3,019 adult respondents interviewed in 2013, 1,683 were contacted and re-interviewed between February and July 2016, a response rate of 56%. There were also an additional 1,077 interviews to replenish the panel data. Panel data consists of 1,682 respondents from each wave. Cross-sectional data consists of 3,019 completed interviews for 2013 and 2,759 completed interviews for 2016. The two waves of panel and cross-sectional data are cleaned and merged into a single SPSS file. The entire dataset consists of a cross-section of 18,593 completed interviews, and a panel of 13,006 completed interviews across the three countries over the two waves.