The Local Governance Performance Index (LGPI) Household Survey 2019: Kenya, Malawi, Zambia

The 2019 Local Governance Performance Index (LGPI) household survey provides data on governance at the individual- and community-levels in Kenya, Malawi, and Zambia. Questions focused on individuals’ experiences, perceptions, and satisfaction in a wide range of substantive areas, including participation (e.g., attending community meetings, voting in elections), service provision (e.g., obtaining administrative services, education, electricity, health, and water), security (e.g., dispute resolution, experience with crime), social norms (e.g., social obligations, social sanctioning), welfare (e.g., land access, clothing, food, and shelter), and demographics. These questions allow researchers to tap into governance dimensions, regarding authority, corruption, extraction, participation, and transparency, and to do so regarding state and non-state spheres of activity (e.g., centered on ethnicity, gender, geographic localities, religion, and political parties). Implemented as part of projects on urbanization and social institutions, the survey was conducted in five sampling areas: three capital cities (Lilongwe, Lusaka, and Nairobi) and the primarily rural, border area between Malawi and Zambia. Sampling was randomized and clustered, allowing for the creation of aggregate measures at the community levels.

2019年地方治理绩效指数（Local Governance Performance Index, LGPI）家庭调查，为肯尼亚、马拉维与赞比亚提供了个体与社区层面的治理相关数据。调查问题聚焦于个体在多类实质性领域的经历、感知与满意度，涵盖参与维度（例如出席社区会议、参与选举投票）、服务供给维度（例如获取行政服务、教育资源、电力、医疗服务与水资源）、安全保障维度（例如纠纷解决、涉罪经历）、社会规范维度（例如社会义务、社会惩戒）、福利保障维度（例如土地获取、衣物、食品与住所）以及人口统计特征。此类问题可帮助研究者探析治理的多个维度，包括权威、腐败、资源汲取、参与度与透明度，且可同时覆盖国家与非国家活动领域（例如围绕族裔、性别、地理区域、宗教与政党展开的分析维度）。本次调查作为城市化与社会制度相关研究项目的组成部分，共设置五个抽样区域：三座首都城市（利隆圭、卢萨卡与内罗毕），以及马拉维与赞比亚之间以农村为主的边境区域。抽样采用随机整群抽样方法，可据此生成社区层面的综合衡量指标。