Central Asia Barometer Survey Waves 1-14 (2017-2023)

The Central Asia Barometer Survey is a research study collecting public opinion survey data from nationally representative samples of respondents of voting age (18+) in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan. The survey uses probability sampling methods (stratified, cluster, and simple random sampling) and has employed both face-to-face and telephone survey modes, with certain variations between the studied countries and over time (e.g., CAB switched to the telephone mode during the COVID-19 pandemic). The goal of the project is to obtain a reliable reading of public opinion over time in several countries with fieldwork conducted simultaneously. The project has collected data on topics such as political and economic situation, attitudes towards the government, relations between ethnic groups, opinions of political leaders, opinions of other countries, public health, and media use. A total of 14 surveys or waves of biannual cross-sectional data collection were conducted between 2017 and 2023, with Wave 1 data collection taking place in June/July 2017 and Wave 14 data collection taking place in September -October 2023. The data are available for the following countries and waves: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan (Waves 1-14) and Turkmenistan (Waves 4-6, 10-14). For each country participating in a particular wave, data were collected from between 1500 (Waves 1-7, 10-14) and 2000 respondents (Waves 8 and 9). In this data collection, all files related to one CAB wave have been uploaded as a single ZIP file, with a total of 14 ZIP files. Each of them contains data files in SPSS, Stata, and Excel formats (one file per country), along with a methodological report, and the questionnaires in English (as well as in the official languages of the countries, where available) in PDF format. Further information about the CAB Survey is available online at https://ca-barometer.org/en.